1912.] 



DISCOVERY OF A CIST. 



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close to the entrance at about 6 inches (15 cm.) two pieces of 

 bone.* 



At 8-10 inches (20-25 cm.) doAvn, scattered about the 

 chamber, but chiefly near the entrance, were a few sherds of 

 the same dolmenic type met with elsewhere on the site, 

 and a portion of the rim of a vase of much finer pottery 

 of dark colour (illustration A, Nos. 2-4). Interspersed 

 throughout were some large stones which must have been 

 inside before the covering in of the west end of the 

 chamber by the deposit of blown sand. This layer of peaty 

 mould was followed by one of clayey loam, 3 inches (7*ocm.) 

 thick, resting on the beach. 



The ground in front of the entrance of the chamber was 

 also examined. A few fragments of pottery were found at 

 the base of the half fallen stones in front. They continued 

 for some little distance into the chamber, and gradually 

 become fewer, only one piece being found towards the eastern 

 end. A small blue glass bead was found at this level, but it 

 is open to question whether it may not have fallen down from 

 a higher layer during the excavation, as small portions of 

 sand and soil were still adhering to crevices in the stones. 

 (Blue glass beads are however found in graves of Bronze Age 

 II. in the south of England, and one identical in shape and 

 size, found in the neolithic head at Le Crocq, St. Saviour's, is 

 now in the Guille-Alles Museum). A few flint implements or 

 flakes were found in this layer. 



Examination of the fragments of pottery showed that 

 they Avere from at least five different vases (see illustration A). 

 No traces of bone or ashes could be seen in the layer in which 

 these fragments were found, in spite of a careful watch being 

 kept for them, and it was quite evident that the contents of the 

 chamber had been rifled at some bygone time. 



A few days later another examination was made of the 

 soil of the ante-chamber. A few flakes of flint and two small 

 fragments of a vase of a very coarse red pottery were all that 

 was found on digging down. 



At the western end of the northern supporting stone, 

 where the stone was broken off, forming a slight recess, an 

 urn was found (see illustration E.) It A\as half imbedded in 

 the layer of clayey loam referred to above. It was in fairly 

 good preservation, one side being perfect ; it had two lugs, 



*These pieces were submitted to Dr. A. Smith Woodward, of the Natural 

 History Museum, Kensington, who reported : "I think from their texture, there is 

 no doubt that the bones are human, but I am sorry to say that they are too 

 imperfect for exact determination." Mr. Collenette has since by careful measure- 

 ments been able to match them in the skeleton and considers them to be portions 

 of the ulna and humerus. 



