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trees appear on the map (6 in. Ord. Map, Sheet 44, Kent).
They are very close to each other, and one of them is still of
considerable depth. The next pits seen were two near to the
N.E. corner of the wood N.W. of Pivington Farm. These
two pits are very close together, and are on the line of a
hedge which formerly ranged from the corner of the wood to
the parish boundary. One of these pits still preserves its
original shape, and is about 27 ft. deep. It is much valued
as a means of getting rid of worthless carcases, which
gradually decay and disappear, leaving but a few bones
Fig. 4.—Pit near Lenham, between Birch Wood and Woodside Green.
Scale 40 ft. to the inch.
behind. From this point we proceeded in a north-westerly
direction along the footpath leading from Warren Street to
Woodside Green. After passing Birch Wood, three pits very
close together were , noticed, beside the footpath, in the next
irregular strip of wood; and in the border of the wooded
patch succeeding it, and about one hundred yards north of
the footpath, we came to an open pit. Being the best fitted
for investigation, and a good typical example of the whole
class, Mr. Hatch had been good enough to furnish the means