At 10 feet, three square bricks, the bones of a horse) and some bones of oxen. At 13 feet, a saddle quern. At 17 feet, part of an amphora; bones of deer; fragments of a quern of Niedermendig lava; fragment of a large tile 21 inches long and about 1 foot wide; a brick 7 inches square. At 20 feet, a sword blade (Plate XXXIV., Fig. 7); the rib of a shield (Fig. 1); five spear heads (Plate XXXVI., Figs. 1,2, 5–7); four pioneers' axes (Plate LVII., Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5); a stirrup-like object (Plate, LVIII., Fig. 10); a shod (Fig. 11); five hammers (Plate LXIII., Figs. 1, 3, 5, 6, and 11); two pairs of tongs (Figs. 2 and 4); a smith's 'drift' (Fig. 7); a small anvil (Fig. 10); three staple mandrels (Figs. 8, 9, and 12); two chisels (Plate LIX., Figs. 4 and 10) ; two gouges (Figs. 13 and 14) ; an axe (Plate LXI., Fig. 4); a mowers anvil (Plate LXII., Fig. 1); four scythes (Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6); five pieces from the framework of a seat (Plate LXIV., Figs. 1, 2, 4, and 5); a triple link with three chains attached (Fig. 3); three mountings, possibly door fittings (Figs. 6, 7, and 8); two mountings, probably for military saddles (Figs. 10 and 11); a piece of harness (Plate LXX., Fig. 4); a linch pin (Fig. 8); twenty-four nave bands for wheels (Fig. 5); two portions of similar rings; three hub linings (Fig. 9); twenty pieces of wrought iron (Plate LXV., Figs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7; Plate LXVI., Fig. 5; Plate LVIII., Figs. 1, 2, 9, and 13); three objects of brass (Plate LIV., Figs. 2, 3); in all, ninety-four pieces of metal. An oak plank 4 feet 5 inches by 9 by 2½ with three mortices. Portion of a human cranium and jaw; some leather and shoes, one with very fine open-work (Plate XX., Fig. 6); and a large urn of black earthenware (Plate XLIX. (A), Fig. 1).
Cleared out 19 April, 1906.
PIT XVII. Diameter at surface 6 feet 6 inches; at bottom 4 feet 10 inches. Depth 31 feet 9 inches. A coating of thick clay seemed to have sealed the pit. Below this it was filled with a very dark coloured deposit.
Finds. Near the surface, a small piece of Castor ware. In the first 18 feet, the bones of nine horses. At 18 feet 9 inches, a skeleton of a dwarf lying across the pit. Below the skeleton, the skull of a dog, many oyster and mussel shells, the skull of an ox, fragments of leather, among it many small circular pieces. Fragments of Terra Sigillata, among them pieces of a decorated bowl (Type, Dragendorff 30) with cruciform pattern (page 211, Fig 1), and of a platter (Type, Dragendorff 18) with the incomplete stamp OF.V (VITALIS?). Bricks, portions of flue tiles, a large iron hammer (Plate LVII., Fig. 6). A small saw with deer horn handle (Plate LXVIII., Fig. 6), an iron stylus and a finger ring, shells of oysters and mussels, and many hazel nuts.
Cleared out 29 November, 1905.
PIT XVIII. Diameter at surface 5 feet; at bottom 3 feet 8 inches. Depth 11 feet 4 inches. Black deposit from a depth of 6 feet to 10 feet.
Finds. A pickaxe and a number of iron fragments, including a hippo-sandal, half a quern stone, pieces of a large urn of yellow ware (Plate L. (A), Fig. 3), and
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