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I have discovered in this neighbourhood stood higher than all. This 

 is only in accordance with what has been found elsewhere. 



In another diagram, I exhibited at the meeting in a tabular form 

 a comparison of the head-form of the skeletons from these several 

 places, by which it was seen that the number of round heads was : — 

 in Woodyates, two ; in Woodcuts and Rotherley, each one ; and in 

 the Anglo-Saxon cemetery there was no round-headed skeleton, 

 whilst Rotherley produced three hyperdolichocephalic, or very long 

 heads, out of the thirteen found there. As round-headedness may, 

 perhaps, be taken to imply a mixture of Roman blood, this result 

 might be expected, as it is more likely the aborigines should have 

 mixed their blood with the Romans in places situated on the main 

 thoroughfare than in the remoter settlements. But the value of 

 these conjectures must be taken for what it is worth, considering 

 the comparatively small number of skeletons, viz., fifty-seven, from 

 which the head-form could be ascertained. This much may, however, 

 be said with certainty, that the population of these parts in Roman 

 times was of much smaller stature than now, smaller than it after- 

 wards became when the Teutonic element was introduced, but that 

 varieties of type had already appeared, which are characteristic of 

 it to the present time. We are fortunate in having obtained the 

 opinion of Dr. Garson, who has carefully examined these skeletons 

 and has tested all my measurements of them. His remarks are 

 contained in a very valuable paper which he has contributed to this 

 journal. 



The drains of the settlement were obviously made for the purpose 

 of carrying off the heavy rainfall, as at Woodcuts and Rotherley, 

 but for what reason they were afterwards filled up again to the top, 

 so that skeletons could be buried in them, I am unable to understand. 

 The whole character of the settlement, and its contents, were the 

 same as in the other villages, and as the dyke is now proved to be 

 more recent than the settlement its date with respect to those 

 villages is also determined. This is the point towards which I have 

 been working during the whole of this investigation. 



Before leaving this settlement another point must be noted. The 

 Itinerary of Antoninus gives the distance between Sorbiodunum 



