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the rampart, showing that the outer entrenchment is at least no 

 older than the inner works. 



The Pit-Dwellings. 



In the course of trenching to locate the ditches, three pits were 

 found within the irregular enclosure A. No sign of these showed 

 on the surface, and it' is probable that there are others hidden 

 beneath the soil, but they are difficult to locate, and some time 

 was spent in a fruitless search. 1 



Pit 1. 



6ft. 3in. deep, oft. wide at top, sides perpendicular, widening 

 out somewhat at the bottom. 



This pit was so small that it scarcely seems possible that it 

 could have been used as a dwelling place, and it may have been 

 used chiefly for storage. Unless some form of ladder was used 

 it would have been by no means easy to get in and out of the pit, 

 as there was no step cut in the side. 



Below the surface soil to within 1ft. or 15in. of the bottom the 

 filling-in consisted of clay, with occasional lumps of chalk, a few 

 flint flakes, and a few sherds of inferior pottery. The last layer 

 came out quite black and consisted chiefly of wood ashes. In this 

 a considerable quantity of soft hand-made pottery was found, 

 together with the following objects : — a few flint flakes, a number 

 of burnt flints, two flint haunnerstones, bones of animals, a sling 

 bullet made of chalk, a bone button (PI. I, Fig. 15), and one or two 

 fragments of polished bone. 



1 There is a patch of the deposit known as " clay with flints " over part of 

 the area of the camp, including most of the irregular enclosure A, and 

 spreading out towards the south. In places the deposit is from 2ft. to 3ft. 

 thick, and filling up the natural unevenness in the surface of the chalk 

 beneath, it forms small clay pits over which much time and labour may be 

 spent before it can be decided with any certainty whether the particular 

 spot is a natural or an artificial pit. 



