By the Rev. E. H. Goddard. 287 



vessel, with ears for suspension, was inverted with burnt bones 

 placed round it. This round-bottomed bowl regarded as Neolithic 

 by Reginald Smith. Stourhead Cat. 288. Not in O.M. 63 NE. ; 

 A. W. I. 45 ; WA.M. xxvi. 318 fig. 



14. A barrow apparently actually forming corner of earthwork and 



touching N. side of trackway f mile S.E. of Mere Down Farm, 

 shown on O.M. 63 NE. ; not in A. W. I. Station I. 



15, [15a, b.] Large barrow at Chaddenwick Furze \ mile E. of last 



(14), N. of trackway. Apparently the larger of three barrows 

 close together in line, the two smaller on the W. side of the 

 larger, shown in A. W. I. Station I. Opened by Hoare 1804. 

 Large barrow had circular cist with vast quantity of charred 

 wood in which was imbedded a small rude urn with 4 perforated 

 ears. Stourhead Cat. 28~->fig. The 2 smaller barrows produced 

 nothing. A. W. I. 45 PI. I. ' 

 A similar vessel with 4 ears in British Museum said to have come 

 from a barrow here. 



[15 c . . . g.] Group of 5 barrows close together on Mappledore Hill 

 shown N. of the county boundary 1 mile S.W. of Mere Church 

 in A. W. I. Station IX. Hoare speaks of many low barrows 

 partly levelled, " vases of rude pottery " found in one of them. 

 None shown on O.M. 63 SW. 



Barrow Street Farm, 1 mile S. of Chaddenwick Farm, shows former 



existence of barrow here. 



Earthworks. Earthwork enclosure on N. edge of British trackway f mile 



S.E. of Mere Down Farm. O.M. 63 NE. ; A. W. I. 44 Station I. 



Strong ditch on White Sheet Hill cutting across ridge and trackway 



| mile E. of White Sheet Castle. O.M. 57 SW. ; A. W. I. Station I. 



Small irregular earthwork enclosure on Rodmead Down. O.M. 57 SW. ; 



A.W.I. Station I. 

 White Sheet Castle, camp, half in Stourton q.v. 

 Finds, Bronze Age. Bronze celt. W.A.M. vii. 247; xxxvii. 138. 



Bronze socketed looped celt, Chaddenwich 1909. Mere Church Museum. 



WA.M. xxxvii. 136. Another similar, Chaddenwich 1911. A. R. 



White, of Mere. W.A.M. xxxvii. 455. 



Finds, Late Celtic. Gold uninscribed British coin, 1868, " between 



Maiden Bradley and Mere," formerly in possession of Ed. Stevens. 



Roman. British village round site of earthwork on N. edge of trackway 



f mile S.E. of Mere Down Farm. O.M. 63 NE. ; A. W. I. 44, Station I. 



Chaddenwich Farm, cir. 1911. Several coins, 2 bronze bow brooches, 



bowl of spoon, &c. A. R. White. W.A.M. xxxvii. 457. 

 Coins, 270 denarii in vase found at cemetery, 1856, ] 74 different types, 



A.D. 60—166. WA.M. v. 128 ; xxvii. 176, 177. 

 Many coins found, mostly of Constantine period, large number of 

 Carausius. W.A.M. xxix. 227. 



