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PRE-HISTORY IN ESSEX.
Chelmsford (see also E.N., xvii., 1913, p. 239,modern tufa) [101]
Halstead (T. S. Dymond and F. W. Maryon, E.N., x., 1897,
pp. 213-215), Soft calcareous tufa, deposited by a spring :
no fauna. 148
Witham [20].
Maldon (E. Fitch, E.N., iv., 1890, p. 18). Skeletons of two
horses in Alluvium of Chelmer. 149
Cervus elaphus, large ; Romano-British (H. Laver, E.N., vi.,
1892, p. 75). Part of skull found at Colchester among
Romano-British remains. Circumference of antler at the
following points—between the burr and the brow tine, 9
inches ; above the brow tine, 91/2 inches ; and of the bez
tine, 51/2 inches. 150
The Bishop Stortford Horse (E. T. Newton, E.N., xvi., 1910,
pp. 132-136). Compares Dr. Irving's horse with Prof.
Ewart's three types of present-day horses and concludes
that it is modern. 151
(A. Irving, E.N., xvi., 1911, pp. 282-285). A reply. 152
Mediaeval Vertebrates (M. A. C. Hinton, E.N., xvii., 1912, pp.
16-21). From the middens of Rayleigh Castle. 153
"The Influence of Man upon the Flora of Essex" (G. S. Boulger,
Trans., iv., 1886, pp. 13-40). 154
VII. Surface Stone Implements.
(For discoveries in peat, etc., vide section vi.)
Southend District (E.N., iii., 1889, p. 280). Exhibition of
stone implements, pottery, etc. 155
Grays (E.N., xiii., 1903, p. 88). Neoliths [erroneously called
"eoliths "] presented by A. S. Kennard. 156
Upton Park (A. S. Kennard, E.N., xiii., 1903, p. 114, fig.)
Barbed arrow-point with unusually prolonged stem. 157
Barking Side (A. Brady, T. & P., i., 1880, p. xxxiv.). Polished
axe. 158
Epping Forest (W. G. Smith, E.N., ii., 1888, p. 4-5, fig.) A
stone pestle, made of igneous rock, about a foot long and
13/8 to 2 inches diameter, found in "Black Bushes." It
was made by "pecking" and partial grinding. 159
Epping Forest Camps [212, 213].
Epping Forest (S. H. Warren, E.N., xvii., 1913, p. 292). A
small site rich in "pygmy" implements and small flakes ;
probably a number of these "pygmies" were set in bone
or wood to make implements of various kinds. 160