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THE ESSEX NATURALIST. 
The N.E. corner of the walled Roman Station is about 200 
yards from the centre of the site, and numerous rubbish pits of 
this period occur on the area. Up to the present no worked 
flint has been recorded in the pits, but the writer has taken 
worked implements from a depth of three feet in the soil, and 
it may be a line of enquiry as to a possible Roman date for 
this flint. Again the lustrous unpatinated condition of the flint 
and the organic content of the soil is' significant. 
III. Great Chesterford, Site B. Essex. Sheet II. S.E. 
Longitude o° 12' 27" E., latitude 52 0 3' 39" N. Elevation 
140 feet O.D., and about 10 feet above the river level. The 
site is on a gentle slope up from the, water to the valley top. 
The underlying rock is marked as Middle Qialk on the Geological 
Survey Map (11), but there is a trace of gravel and probably 
a thin terrace of post-glacial gravel overlies the Chalk here. The 
soil is a chalky rain-wash with a fair amount of humus. 
Flakes, a rough axe, scrapers of various types and hammer 
stones have been found. A fair percentage of these implements 
are black and they tend to be rather larger than usual. This 
is possibly an extension of Site A., which is separated from it 
by the area occupied by the houses and gardens of the village. 
IV. Little Chesterford. Essex. Sheet II. S.E. 
Longitude o° 12' 44" E., latitude 52 0 2' 59" N. Elevation 
133 feet O.D., about 5 feet above water level. East of the 
footpath from Little Chesterford to Springwell and about 370 
yards south of the church. 
The site is at the foot of a bluff composed of post-glacial 
gravel, here terraced against a low spur of Middle Chalk from 
the main ridge bordering the valley. It is about 30 yards from 
the present river course and 3 feet above the level of the present 
alluvial flat. The soil is a light coloured sandy loam, from 
9 inches to a foot in thickness, and it bears a distinctly calciphilous 
flora. 
Spale flakes, cores, many of them of large size, and anvil 
stones form the bulk of the material found. Implements 
rare, the only records being a rough hand axe or chopper, and 
an unfinished axe of doubtful authenticity. The prevailing 
patina is a creamy white, passing into the blue mottle. The 
flakes and cores are often encrusted with a deposit of calcium 
