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bed" was beginning to thin away) in area XVIII. This specimen
certainly has every appearance of the same essential form, and
the effects of a similar method of use, as the burin carene.
In addition to specimen No. 7 another small chip from a
polished axe, much burnt, was found in Loughton Camp in the
lower part of the "Relic-bed" in area XVIII.
10. (1/1). Arrow-point made from a flake, found at the top
of the "Relic-bed" in area XX., in black flint ; although it was
only about 4 inches from the surface it remains unweathered.
11. (1/1). A somewhat rough flake, coarsely trimmed into
an arrow-point shape : probably a discarded attempt to make
an arrow-point. From the bleached sand forming the lower
part of the inner bank, area XIX.
12. (1/1). Implement of sub-triangular form, with a
comparatively large flake removed from one face (on the right in
the figure) making a deep facet. In the latter respect it resembles
the small discoidal forms that are generally classed as tortoise
cores. Lower part of "Relic-bed," just at the foot of the
rampart, area XXII. The side-edge view (shown in the drawing)
is zig-zag, and the face on the left is markedly truncated.
13. (1/1 and x 5). A remarkably fine "saw," with finely
serrated edges on either side. The cross-section, as shown in the
drawing, is triangular, and, as is so frequently the case with this
class of tool, it is somewhat thick. It would be impossible for
implements of this kind to enter a cut, as the blade of a saw does
with us. The saw-edges of the main drawing are not intended
to be trusted in minute detail, but a middle portion of the edge
was carefully drawn by a camera lucida on a scale of x 10 and
then reduced 1/2 for reproduction; this shows the detail of the
serration. In light grey flint, absolutely unweathered ; from the
bleached sand of XIX. Another saw-edged flake was also found
in the lower part of the "Relic-bed" in XX.
14. (1/1). Keen-edged ridged flake with diagonal working
across one end. Bleached sand of XIX.
15. (1/1). A broken half of a thinner example of the same
type. In the rampart, XXII.
16. (1/2). Thin flake with "squared" butt-end, and both
the side-edges first trimmed and then blunted and smoothed by
some form of grinding or friction. Found under the "Relic-
bed," and resting on the surface of the lower slope of the ram-