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dftR&attoit of a Jioman Mdl near j^HhtgflilL 



Suljj an* ©cto&er, 1896. 



By J. W. Beooke and B. Howabd Cunnington, F.S.A. Scot. 



€^|^OE many years past the tenant of the farm near Silbury 

 gSltg Hill on the south side of the Bath Road, 1 noticed that at a 

 V particular spot close to the hedge which borders the road 

 the soil subsided every year in spite of the fact that the hole was 

 continually filled up — in fact, many cartloads of refuse had from 

 time to time been put in to make this part of the field level. 



This continual subsidence led the present tenant — Mr. Arnold, 

 of West Kennet — to believe there must be a disused well at the 

 spot, and he kindly gave us permission to excavate it. 



The well is situated about 150 yards south-south- west of Silbury 

 Hill, and between the Roman Road and the present highway. It 

 is also about 50 yards east of the well excavated by Mr. William 

 Cunnington and the late Mr. Henry Cunnington in 1882-3. 



The ground slopes from the west towards the River Kennet, and 

 the well is about 40 yards west of the river. 



1 Explanation of accompanying map, traced from the Ordnance 6in. Survey. 



A Well opened by Messrs. B. H. Cunnington and J. W. Brooke, 1896. 



B Well opened by Mr. W. Cunnington and the late Mr. H. Cunnington in 



1882-3. The position of this well is taken from "Smith's Antiquities 



of North Wilts," and is not clearly located. 

 C Well that has been in use within living memory, and may be modern. 

 DD Position of wells unexplored. 



E A kitchen-midden was opened here by the Rev. A. C. Smith, a description of 



which appears in his Antiquities of North Wilts. 

 F A kitchen-midden was opened here by Mr. J. W. Brooke, an account of 



which appears in the Marlborough College Natural History Report, 



1888. 



