NOTES ON A HUMAN SKULL FOUND AT WENDON. 245
" A remarkably fine horn of the great elk, Cervus megaceros, was also
found in association with these bones."
This antler, it may be mentioned, is also exhibited in the
Saffron Walden Museum, together with a small series of other
bones, etc., from this site, comprising the antler of a Red Deer,
portions of the skull and lower jaws of Deer, horn core of a small
ox, and pieces of drift wood.
The foregoing extract only gives a detailed section of 16ft.,
FIG I.—SIDE VIEW OF THE WENDON SKULL
(Copied by G. Maynard from a drawing by Dr. Keith).
but the depth to which the gravel was excavated is not stated,
although the great height and weight of the railway embankment
at this point would require a deep and solid foundation to be
obtained in the gravel bed, for the culvert. Therefore, the
approximate depth of 20ft. given by Mr. Roberts is probably
near the truth, and the 22ft. given in the Saffron Walden
Museum list, as the depth at which the skull was found, thus
receives some corroboration.