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A NEOLITHIC FLOOR.
struck from the prepared core, were no doubt useful as scrapers
and knives without any further treatment. They so closely
resemble implements that have been secondarily worked as
to have been frequently mistaken for them.
The replaced flakes, showing this method, here illustrated
(Fig. 2) are from the collection of Mr. A. S. Kennard.
The larger types of implements are, at present, only repre-
sented by a portion of a polished axe, this being the cutting
edge (Fig. 12, Plate XV.).
Our interest was aroused in a pit which Mr. Rand had dis-
covered and kept open for our
inspection. In the lower part was
a layer of burnt earth and wood
ashes, while several flint flakes
occurred in the filling. This led
us to hope that this find would
have thrown some light on the
earlier occupants of the hill, but
on digging further into the fire-
floor, we found some green
glazed mediaeval pottery which
showed the pit to have been of
comparatively recent formation.
An interesting find was made
a few years ago, on the land
adjoining that of Mr. Rand's,
where a man digging for sand

FIG. 2 —REPLACED FLAKES
SHOWING PRELIMINARY
DRESSING.
came across eight pots placed in
a straight line. They were un-

fortunately thrown aside as value-
less. Mr. Rand was able subsequently to recover portions of
them, two of which are almost complete, and the base of a
third is in the possession of Mr. Wright. These are of the late
Celtic period and undoubtedly represent an interment, as Mr.
Rand found calcined bones in the soil of the spot from whence
the pots were taken. There were also many flint flakes, but
these occur so generally, scattered in the soil, over the whole
site, that they may be the relics of an earlier Neolithic
settlement.
Mr. Rand has kindly supplied a photograph of the pottery