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pillars, thus indicating' the position they occupied before the ground 
Avas bared. 
The original covering' of this hill consisted of a dry sandy 
loam, about eight or ten inches thick, which supported the growth 
of hent, a peculiar grass, rich in silica. This is proved by the 
occurrence at several points on the bare ground of small patches 
of soil which escaped the action of the fire referred to above. It 
Avill thus be seen, that the conditions for the formation of vegetable 
matter have been so unfavourable at this place, owing to the dry- 
ness of the ground, as to make it probable that the flints found 
there, though under so thin a soil, are quite as ancient as those occurr- 
ing at much greater depths, in localities more favourable for the 
growth of peat. To the south, south-west and north of this hill, 
other prominent hills are located on which many fragments of 
Hint have been found, among these, Knowl Hill and Bull Hill may 
be mentioned as being- the most important on account of their 
having yielded implements undoubtedly worked by human hands. * 
A rather rude form of arrowhead with broken point, a flint 
core and a fe^v chips have been found at Knowl Hill, while from 
Bull Hill Ave have obtained an arrow head with one of its barbs 
broken, one or two delicately Avorked bits of flint, and a few chips 
and flakes. On Bull Hill the flints appear to have been coA-ered at 
one time Avith peat, varying from one to six feet in thickness. 
From a ridge of high ground knoAvn as Midgley Moor about 
two miles north of Mytholmroyd, several flints have been obtained, 
among AA^hich a small leaf-shaped arroAv head, a circular thumb- 
flint and two Avorked flakes, may be mentioned. The subsoil on 
Avhich they were found, in almost every instance, has been laid bare 
by fires occurring from time to time. 
In conclusion, it may not be out of place to call attention to 
one or two points in relation to the flints we have already dis- 
covered. 
Firstly, the Avell-formed barbed arroAv-heads and other Avell- 
Avorked liiuts were su associated Avitli those showing little or no 
