246 NOTES ON A HUMAN SKULL FOUND AT WENDON.
The skull has hitherto only been examined by Dr. W. L. H.
Duckworth, D.Sc., of Cambridge, who said that it was probably
Neolithic and was inclined to think it might be that of a female.
As so much interest is now taken in all remains of prehistoric
man, I thought that the discovery of this specimen should be
FIG. 2.—THE WENDON SKULL, FRONT VIEW
(From a drawing by Dr. Keith).
placed on record in the publications of the Club, as no account
of it seems to have been published hitherto. Possibly Dr.
Keith, or some other competent authority, may be induced to
measure and report on the specimen before it is returned to
Saffron Walden.
As bearing upon the probable age of the skull and of the