Bj/ the Rev. E. H. Godclard. 303 



Finds, Neolithic. Many chipped and ground flint celts, scrapers, knives, 

 a long leaf-shaped arrowhead, and arrow or javelin head of unusual 

 size. J. W. Brooke and A. D. Passmore. 



Soman. British settlement on Round Hill Down, 1^ mile N.E. of Ogbourne 

 St. George village. Hoare found Samian pottery, bronze brooch, &c> 

 here. O.M. 23 SW. ; A. W. II. 39, Stations XI. and XII. 



ORCHESTON ST. GEORGE. 

 Barrows. 



1. Orcheston Down. N. of Church Pits, S.W. of Salisbury — Devizes 



Rd. at 13 miles from Salisbury. O.M. 46 SE. ; A. W. I. Station 

 III.; Soc. Ant. Map. 111. 



2. Barrow f mile N of Elston Hill, S.E. of Greenland Farm. O.M. 



53 NE. ; A. W. I. Station III. ; Soc. Ant. Map 132. 



3. Barrow in extreme N.E. corner of parish | mile S. of Slay Down 



Farm. O.M. 47 SW. ; not in A.W. I Station III. ; Soc. Ant. Map 

 112. 



Earthworks, Ditch coming from East Down in Tilshead where it crosses 

 Old Ditch, runs over Orcheston Down pointing S.E. towards Winter- 

 bourne Stoke Down. Only partly shown on O-M. 46 SE ; A. W. I, 

 93, Station III. ; 116, Station V. ; Soc. Ant. Map 109. 



Roman. British village at " Church Pits " on Orcheston Down % mile N. 

 of Greenland Farm, W. of Rd. to Salisbury. O.M. 46 SE. ; A- W. 

 I. 93, 116, 175, Station V.; Soc. Ant. Map 131. Roman urn and 

 fragments of two others found at " Orcheston," 1856. W.A.M. iii. 

 268. 



Saxon. Elston. Iron knife found with skeleton, 1856 (? Saxon). W.A.M. 

 iii. 267. 



ORCHESTON ST. MARY. 

 Barrows. 



1. "Silver Barrow" on Orcheston Down just E. of Old Ditch, | mile 

 S.E. of Tilshead Church. Oval, with ditches at sides. Opened 

 1801 by Mr. Tucker and Mr. Bartlett, of Tilshead. On a pave- 

 ment of rude stones the bones of about 7 persons were laid very 

 irregularly. With them is said to have been found an iron knife 

 and bone handle of Roman type and a vessel of lathe-turned 

 pottery, perhaps of Roman date. O.M. 53 NE. ; A.W. I. 93, 

 Station III. ; Arch, xliii. 472, note ; Soc. Ant. Map 128. [Hoare's 

 description of this barrow does not in any particular agree with 

 its present appearance, which is that of a rather high and slightly 

 oval mound not at all like a Long Barrow. The ground round 

 it shows no sign of modern cultivation. The ditch is not very 

 distinct, but such as it is, it appears to go round the mound and 

 not end on either side as described by Hoare. Hoare describes it 

 minutely as having all the characteristics of a Long Barrow, side 



