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strongly dolichocephalic type. Two small pebble instruments 

 bevelled were near the skull. 



Some few days afterwards two more sepulchral chambers 

 were found, adjoining those just mentioned, in which were 

 human thigh bones in a fair state of preservation and 

 fragmentary remains of skulls. 



When the exploration is resumed it is to be hoped we 

 may be able to obtain evidence in the way of associated relics 

 that will permit of determining the age to which these burial- 

 places belong. In the Neolithic stone age it was usual to 

 bury in a sitting or crouched position. If one may judge by 

 the narrowness of the graves at Green Island, the body must 

 have been buried in an extended position, but on this and other 

 points the evidence is not conclusive and we must suspend 

 judgment until the completion of the exploration. 



This is the first time graves of this type have been found 

 in this Island. They are, moreover, rare in these parts of 

 Europe. Recently some very similar constructions have been 

 unearthed in Brittany at Mane Beker-noz, in the parish of 

 St. Pierre-Quiberon. They are adjacent to a ruined dolmen. 

 Curiously enough one of these Brittany graves contains a 

 smaller child's grave as at Green Island, constructed obliquely 

 across the floor. The objects found consist of an urn 

 of roughly made pottery, flint clippings unworked, bevelled 

 pebbles, and a bronze pin. These graves would thus appear 

 to belong to the Bronze Age, probably to the last period of 

 that civilisation. 



Jersey, April, 1912. 



SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE.— Since writing the above the 

 exploration of Green Island has been completed. In all 15 

 graves similar in type have been discovered, and two dolicho- 

 cephalic skulls, but few associated objects of importance. 



I have just returned from a visit to Mane Beker-noz, and 

 have had the advantage of examining the graves there, as also 

 some of the same type at Bekerville, Quiberon. I have also seen 

 the relics found in these and am inclined to believe that the 

 graves of Green Island are of a much earlier date. But in a 

 small island called Thinic, near St. Pierre-Quiberon, of about 

 the same size as Green Island, there have been discovered 14 

 graves which bear a stronger resemblance in type to those of 

 Green Island. It is impossible to here discuss the question. 

 A further report will shortly be made to the members of our 

 Society on the subject and it is to be hoped that after full consi- 

 deration we may be able to arrive at some definite conclusions. 

 May 30th, 1912. E. T. N. 



