A SUPPOSED NEOLITHIC SETTLEMENT: 113
Fig. 15. An im-
plement of maple
wood from Skitts
Hill. One-ninth full
size.
preservation. Beyond the pointed stakes,
the spear, and wedges, no other wooden
instruments have been discovered ; but the
tree stems deprived of their roots, the
larger branches deprived of twigs, and the
twigs cut into short pieces from 2 to 5 or 6
inches were dug out all along the line of the
dwellings in large quantities and returned
for filling in the pits.
Pottery.
[The only pottery which has been
definitely recorded as coming from the
relic-bed are some fragments of thick
grey ware. The portion of the base which
is represented in Fig. 16, is rough and
coarsely made, but cannot with certainty be
said to be hand-made. The other fragments
appear to belong to the same vessel, but
bear evident marks of being wheel turned.
Of the unrecorded pottery there is one
fragment which appears to be of the
Bronze-age quality, red and apparently hand-
made, but not ornamented. All the other
fragments are the ordinary Late Celtic or
Romano-British specimens. Some of these
are supposed to have come from the relic
bed, but as an exact record has not been
kept they cannot be included.—F.W.R.]
Roman Pottery.—This occurred in
the higher level (No. IV. on Section, p. 98)
from a depth of 1ft. 6in. to 4ft. 6in. from
the surface. It consists of earthenware,
perfectly burnt, and similar to that found
commonly in places of Roman occupation.
It is all in a very scrappy state, as if
broken and thrown away as refuse. Flue
and roof tiles, the former with striations
for holding mortar, the latter with flanges for
the overlapping tile.