HOLOCENE.
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Waltham Abbey (T. & P., ii., 1881, p. vii.). Bones of deer,
oxen, etc., and a flint axe [? from same horizon] found in
peat, 10 or 12 feet below the surface, at the new Powder
Mills ; some now in Brit. Mus. ; others in possession of
Dr. Priest, of Waltham Abbey. 140
Loughton (S. H. Warren, E.N., xvi., 1909, pp. 101-103). A
prehistoric hill-wash, with pottery. "wattle-and-daub,"
charcoal, and calcined flints. 141
Wenden [259], Megaceros, etc.. in Alluvium.
Wormingford [192].
Felstead (J. French and W. H. Dalton, E.N., iii., 1889,
pp. 11-16). Sections of shell-marl, etc., and list of shells.
The deposits of Witham and Sudbury also compared.
Also J. French, E.N., xi., 1899, p. 86, on recent changes
in the Molluscan fauna [20]. 142
Felstead (W. H. Dalton, E.N.. vi., 1890, pp. 80-82). J.
French has found at the base of the Alluvium, 5 feet from
the surface, a deposit 5 feet in diameter and 10 inches
thick, containing charcoal and calcined stones [241, 325]. 143.
Braintree [20].
Skitt's Hill, Braintree (J. W. Kenworthy, with reports by
F. W. Reader, T. V. Holmes, and E. T. Newton, E.N.,
xi., 1899, pp. 94-126, map, sections, and 3 plates and
numerous figures of the relics). A relic-bed, with debris
of a pile-dwelling, found about 8 feet from the surface in
the Alluvium of the Brain. The site is exposed in a brick-
yard. The overlying deposit [apparently Marsh clay]
contains Romano-British remains. The remains from
the relic-bed include several perforated axes and hammers
of red deer antler, flint flakes, a tanged arrow-head, and
a beautiful example of a flint dagger. The bank of the
old stream was composed of Pleistocene brickearth yielding
mammoth and Palaeoliths [242]. 144
Further Report (F. W. Reader, E.N., xiv., 1906, pp. 137-147,
2 plates, 5 figs.) Gives more accurate details of the
stratigraphy. Concludes that the Relic-bed is Late Celtic,
in spite of the "Neolithic" implements. Further evidence
of the cutting of bone by a metal saw is noted. 145
Shalford [20].
Chignal St. James, near Chelmsford (Miller Christy. E.N.,
iii., 1889, pp. 1-9, plan and section). Alluvium of Cann with
peat and shell-marl. List of shells. Remarks on correla-
tion by W. H. Dalton (pp. 9-10) [20]. 146
Roxwell, near Chelmsford (R. W. Christy, E.N., iii., 1889,
pp. 175-178). List of shells from Alluvium [20]. 147