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the layer is reached which is supposed to be an artificial floor or
platform, constructed by early man in what was probably an
extensive shallow river.
This bed, in which so many relics have been found, appears
to have been constructed in the manner known as fascine or
faggot dwelling-places. Mr. Kenworthy describes it thus :—
" At Skitts' Hill an artificial floor was raised above the level of the
water. This floor was carefully formed by mixing together clay, sand,
gravel stones, brown mottled clay and chalky boulder clay, forming a
mixture which would only be produced by human contrivance and
human hands. To support and secure this artificial concretion, wooden
stakes were driven into the ballast of the lake or river. Outside the