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At a greater depth : 



8. — A vase, broken, 5 in. hig'h and 4 broad, of very dark ware inside 

 and out ; ornamented with a line of circular indentations 

 around the wide part parallel to the rim. It contained ashes, 

 a few charred bones and a boar's tusk. 

 9. — Base of a vessel of light thick ware. 



10. — Part of the polished rim of a third vessel. 



11. — A flat disc in pottery ; this may have been a cover for the urn, it is 

 of similar black ware but thicker. Similar discs were found 

 by Mr. Lukis in Guernsey cromlechs. 



12. — Fragments of charcoal. 



At a distance of 120 feet from these : 

 13. — A bronze coin, much worn. 



SECOND CONSIGNMENT. 



1. — Pei-fect skull with lower jaw and teeth. Length 7'65 in., breadth 

 5 "8 in. Cephalic index 0.758 ; Dolicho-cephalic. 

 *2. — Another skull not so perfect. Length Y'4 in., breadth 5*2 in. 

 Cephalic index 0'703 ; Dolicho-cephalic. 



3. — Jaws upper and lower. 



4.— Coccyx and other bones. 



5.— Pile of bones all purposely broken before interment at this spot. 



6. — Bronze ring, x)enannular. 



7. — Bronze ring, penannular, smaller, used as a bracelet. 



8. — Portions of a leaf-shaped sword or dagger with bronze orna- 

 mentation. 



At a distance of 20 feet : 



9. — Iron spear-head and portions of a circular iron band much swollen 

 with rust. 



It will thus be seen that we have from this insignificant 

 isolated spot a series of relics belonging to each of the three 

 great ages into which archaeologists divide Prehistoric times : 

 the Stone age, the Bronze age, and the Early Iron age. 



There is scarcely any evidence to make ns infer that 

 either of the islands in the Bailiwick was inhabited dm^ing 

 the PuloeoUthic period or first division of the Stone Age ; 

 but to the later or Neolithic period belong the dolmens and 

 menhirs which are common to all the islands. We have 

 from Alderney the urn anrl other pottery mentioned in the 

 first consignment of 1905. The charred bones found in it, 

 the character of the ware and its ornamentation, prove 

 it to be the manufacture of the dolmen-builders. No articles 

 of metal were found with these remains. It does not appear 

 that Mr. Lnkis himself found any stone implements belonging 

 to this period except perhaps the worked pebbles before 

 mentioned ; he records however that " several stone celts 



* Borlase in his "Dolmens of Ireland" says: "A cephalic index of 72 and 

 73 must be regarded as distinguishing the inhabitants of Britain only during 

 the most primitive period," and he also gives the index of 70 as "the lowest in 

 primeval tombs in Ireland." 



