102 Miscellaneous Notes on Deneholes.
Reference to Pl. II. in Mr. Spurrell's paper in the 'Arche-
ological Journal' shows a pit (No. 1) which has been excavated
neither according to the bee-hive nor the double-trefoil plan,
but consists of three chambers radiating from the shaft at
nearly equal distances apart, the chambers themselves being
of about equal size. This pit is situated nearly midway
between those at Cavey Spring and that which we descended,
and is the only one figured by Mr. Spurrell at all resembling
the latter as regards plan of excavation. But while Mr.
Spurrell's No. 1 consists of three chambers each measuring
15 ft. or 16 ft. in length (from the centre of the shaft), our
pit was found to comprise two chambers 49 ft. long, and a
third only 19 ft. And in addition to this striking irregularity
in size, the chambers of our pit were found to radiate at very
unequal distances from each other. If the shortest chamber
be called No. 1, the nearest to it of the two long ones No. 2,
and the remaining chamber No. 3, then the amount of this
irregularity may be shown by the statement that the angle
between the directions of Nos. 1 and 2 was found to be about
90 degrees, that between Nos. 2 and 3, 120 degrees, and that
between Nos. 3 and 1, 150 degrees. An additional irregularity
was given to the appearance of this pit by the existence of an
unfinished attempt to make a communication between Nos. 1
and 2, by means of galleries driven at right angles to the
general directions of those chambers. But the gallery from
the side of No. 2 being about 11 ft. 6 in. long, while that of
No. 1 was scarcely half that length, five or six feet of chalk
still remain to be cut through from No. 1. The total depth
of the pit was about 52 ft. The thickness of the chalk roof
was unusually great, being about 7 ft. 6 in. close to the shaft,
while it must have attained 14 ft. or 15 ft. at the further ends
of the chambers. The floor was somewhat more uneven than
usual, rising considerably towards the ends of the chambers.
Considering their length, the two long chambers were very
narrow; their height, near the shaft, at least 20 ft. The shaft
was about 4 ft. in diameter, having suffered considerably from
the weather. "While down the pit the chief impression of
irregularity was derived from the two recesses made to connect