2. COOKING-POTS

No complete specimen of the early type of cooking-pot was recovered from the ditch of the early fort, but it yielded a number of fragments of the rims of such vessels, which are given in section in Fig. 25 (Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5). With these are grouped the outlines of a number of fragments of similar

Figure 25

FIG. 25. SECTIONS OF RIMS OF COOKING-POTS AND BEAKERS
NOS. 1, 2, 3,4, 5 AND 6, DITCH OF THE EARLY FORT. NOS. 7 AND 8, PIT LIV. NO. 9, PIT LVIII. NO. 10, PIT LIX. NO. 11, PIT LXIII. NOS. 12, 13, 14 AND 16, PIT LXV. NO. 15, OUTER DITCHES, WEST ANNEXE

vessels from early pits (Nos. LIV, LVIII, LIX, LXIII, and LXV). With the exception of No. 6, which, with Nos. 4, 10 and 14, belongs rather to the category of beakers, all show a considerable similarity in outline. The rim is short and compact, and its general outline differs markedly from the rims of the cooking-pots taken from the later pits and ditches. The material is in nearly every case close and hard-baked. There are considerable differences in colour, and in some there is a slight element of decoration.

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