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pottery a piece of flanged tile, a piece of a quern of millstone grit, 

 two discs of pottery, a few iron nails, and bones of animals. 



The discovery of this fire place was interesting as affording 

 definite evidence that the occupation of the site went on after the 

 ditches were allowed to silt up. 



Trenches were cut on the surface behind the fire place in order 

 to see if any traces of a dwelling on tins spot could be found. 

 Nothing in the way of foundations, however, was found, but some 

 fragments of concrete flooring, and of brick, oyster shells, and 

 pottery tend to show that there was a dwelling there, built per- 

 haps with mud walls and timber, all traces of which have perished. 



Sections through the Eampart. 



It has already been explained that the outer rampart on the 

 east and south-east sides is stronger than elsewhere. It was 

 thought, therefore, not improbable that this portion had been 

 strengthened for some purpose at some time later than the original 

 construction. To test whether this was indeed the, case, two sec- 

 tions were cut through the rampart, one at C — and one at Ca — 

 Ca. The rampart did not show any sign in either of these sections 

 of having been constructed at different times, or of having had 

 any addition made to it. In the two other sections that had to be 

 incidentally made to find the ends of ditches No. 6 at B and of 

 ditch No. 10 at D — D the rampart showed a similar construction, 

 and no sign of any additions having been made to it. 



In the two first sections only two fragments of pottery were 

 found, but little as this is, it affords valuable evidence of the date 

 of the construction of the rampart. On the old turf line, im- , 

 mediately under the crest of the rampart at C— C, a fragment of 

 pottery of a quality and texture common in " bead-rim " bowls was 

 found. In the section at Ca — Ca, a piece of a rim of a " bead-rim j 

 bowl was found, also on the old turf line, 2ft. within the inner 

 edge of the rampart. 



Between 1ft. and 2ft. deep in the filling-in of ditch No. 10, 

 at its extreme end under the crest of the rampart, part of a base 



