The Year's Work in Archaeology 1921

No. 1 The Year's Work in Archaeology 1921 Published by the Congress of Archaeological Societies . (in union -with the Society of Antiquaries of London) and printed by the Hampshire Advertiser Company, Limited, 45, Above Bar, Southampton. 1922. Price, 1/- 11 Congress of Archaeological Societies (in union with the Society of Antiquaries of London). President : SIR C. HERCULES READ, KNT„ LL.D., P.S.A. Hon Treasurer: W. PALEY BAILDON, V-P.S.A. Hon. Secretary. O. G. S. CRAWFORD, F.S.A. Hon. Auditor: G. C. DRUCE, F.S.A. Assistant Treasurer: A. E. STEEL. Council : COL. F. W. T. ATTREE, R.E., F.S.A. H. ST. GEORGE GRAY, ROLAND AUSTIN W. J. HEMP, F.S.A. W. PARKER BREWIS, F.S.A. P. M. JOHNSTON, F.S.A, F.R.I.B.A. R. G. COLLINGWOOD, F.S.A. Miss N. F . LAYARD, F.S.A., F.L.S. "WILLIAM DALE, F.S.A., F.G.S. THE REV. CANON G. M. LIVETT, F.S.A. •GEORGE EYRE EVANS ALBANY F. MAJOR, O.B.E., F.S.A. M.jjS. GIUSEPPI, V-P.S.A. WILLIAM MARTIN, LL.D., F.S.A. T H E REV. E. H. GODDARD PROFESSOR J. L. MYRES, O.B.E., D.Sc, F.S.A. COL. J. W. R. PARKER, C.B., D.L., F.S.A. And the Officers of t h e Society of Antiquaries and of t h e Congress. COMMITTEE ON ANCIENT EARTHWORKS AND FORTIFIED ENCLOSURES. Chairman: SIR HERCULES READ, KNT., LL.D., P.S.A. Committee: T H E RT. HON. THE EARL OF CRAW- SIR ARTHUR EVANS, D.LITT., FORD AND BALCARRES, K.T., P.C., HON. D.C.L., F.R.S., V-P.S.A. LL.D., F.S.A. WILLOUGHBY GARDNER, F.S.A. A. HADRIAN ALLCROFT H. ST. GEORGE GRAY. COL. F. W. T. ATTREE, R.E., F.S.A. W. J. HEMP, F.S.A. G. A. AUDEN, M.D., F.S.A. T. CANN HUGHES, F.S.A. HENRY BALFOUR, F.S.A. W. M. I'ANSON, F.S.A. R. C. BOSANQUET, F.S.A. WILLIAM MARTIN, LL.D., F.S.A. C. H. BOTHAMLEY, M . S C , F.I.C. D. H. MONTGOMERIE, F.S.A. MAJOR J. P. BUSHE-FOX, F.S.A. COL. W. L L . MORGAN, R.E., F.S.A. A. G. CHATER. T, DAVIES PRYCE. W. G. COLLINGWOOD, F.S.A. COL. O. E. RUCK, F.S.A. (Scot.) O. G. S. CRAWFORD, F.S.A. W. M. TAPP, LL.D., F.S.A. J. P. WILLIAMS-FREEMAN, M.D. Hon. Secretary: ALBANY F. MAJOR, O.B.E., F.S.A,, 30, The Waldrons, Croydon. HI Publications of Congress. INDEX OF ARCH^OLOGICAL PAPERS. The following may be obtained from Messrs. Archibald Constable & Co., Ltd., 10 Orange Street, Leicester Square, W.C.2.:— INDEX OF ARCH.EOLOGICAL PAPERS (1665-1890), in one volume ; compiled by the late Sir Laurence Gomrae, F.S.A., etc. ; price 25s. net. (Published in 1907.) ANNUAL INDEXES FOR THE YEARS 1891-1907 (inclusive); price is. each net (except 1902, out of print). The following Indexes (excepting the first) may be obtained from the Assistant'Treasurer of Congress, Society of Antiquaries :— INDEX OF ARCH^JOLOGICAL PAPERS FOR 1908 (published 1912); out of print. INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS FOR 1909 (published 1913) ; price is. INDEX OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PAPERS FOR 1910 (published 1914); price is. REPORTS OF CONGRESS. The Hon. Secretary is endeavouring to make up a complete reference set of the published reports of Congress, and would be very grateful for single copies of reports of the following meetings : 7th (held 1895), 10th (1898), nth (1899) and 12th (1900) CHURCHYARD INSCRIPTIONS. 0 The following may be obtained from the Assistant Treasurer:— INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ' TRANSCRIPTION OF CHURCHYARD INSCRIPTIONS ; drawn up by a special committee appointed by Congress in 1906; 4 pp., price 3d. post free. PARISH REGISTERS. Reports of the Committee for promoting the transcription and publication of Parish Registers, with Calendar of Registers. FIRST REPORT, 1892. Out of print. SECOND REPORT, 1896. Out of print. IV Publications of the Earthworks Committee. The following may be obtained from the Hon. Secretary (Mr. Albany Major, 30 The Waldrons, Croydon) :— SCHEME FOR-RECORDING ANCIENT DEFENSIVE EARTHWORKS AND FORTIFIED ENCLOSURES ; revised edition, 1910, 23 pp. and 43 plans, illustrating the various-classes of earthworks ; price is. each ; 12 copies, 7s. 6d. REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE YEARS 1903 (First Report issued), 1905, 1907, 1.908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1914, and subsequent years ; price 6d. (A single joint Report was issued for 1918-19). The Hon. Secretary would be very glad to hear if any society or individual has spare copies of the Reports for 1904, 1906, 1910 and 1913, and of Appendix I. (1904) and II. (1905). These Reports are out of print and very scarce. Meetings of Congress. The Congress meets annually at the end of November in the apartments of the Society of .Antiquaries of London, at Burlington House. Each affiliated society is invited to send two delegates, and to suggest for discussion any subject of general archeeological importance. Affiliation. Societies wishing to become affiliated should communicate in the first instance with the Hon. Secretary of the Congress, Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton. The annual subscriptipn is -fj., payable in advance on July 1st. A great deal of unnecessary trouble will be avoided by using banker's orders, which will be supplied on application to the Assistant Treasurer. CONGRESS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 30th June " R e c e i p t s £ s. d. £ s. d. Balance, 1st July, 1920— At Bank ... ... 6 12 7 In hand ... ... 16 6 7 g 1 Subscriptions, 1919-20 ... 6.00 1920-21 ... 15 0 0 21 0 0 Publications, sale of— Earthworks Reports, 1918-19 34 6 11 Scheme of Earthworks ... 1 11 3 . . 0 _ . . . 35 I 0 2 Dividend on Consols ... 2 10 0 i"66 17 3 Liabilities £ s. d. Balance of Assets over Liabilities ... ... 126 15 8 £126 15 8 Expenditure Printing-— £ s. Congress Report, 1919 (extra copies) 18 Earthworks Report, 1918-19 „ ,, Statement of Accounts Archaeological Index, 1913-17 ... Honorarium, late Asst. Treasurer Packing and Postage — Treasurer Earthworks Committee Printers Stationery and Printing— Official, Harrison... ,, Earthworks Committee „ Card Index „ Asst. Treasurer ,, Typewriting Cheque Book Petty Expenses Balance— At Bank In hand Assets Arrears of Subscriptions (estimated) Earthworks Reports sold Consols (at cost) ... Cash at Bank „ in hand 1 10 16 1 10 1 12 19 1 *5 1 5 3 2 0 35 18 2 11 35 18 2 11 , 1 9 21 d. 6 0 0 6 0 9 0 6 0 0 0 0 6 0 6 £ £ s. d. 3 4 6 10 0 0 S 0 0 3 5 3 6 2 6 4 0 11 6 38 9 6 66 17 3 £ s. d- 30 0 0 3 5 8 55 0 6 38 9 6 126 15 8 NOTE.—No orders having been given prior to 30th June, 1921, for printing and despatch of the Congress .and Earthworks Reports for 1920. the liability therefor does not appear in the Balance Sheet. The estimated cost will be £55. W, PALEY BAILDON. Audited and found correct, 7th October, 1921, Honorary Treasurer, pro. tern. ' GEORGE C. DRUCE. VI Report of the Council, June 30th, 1921. The financial position of the Congress continues to be satisfactory. The credit balance is £38 9s. 6d. Thanks are again due to Mr. G. C. Druce, F.S.A., for auditing the accounts. It is with great regret that the Council records the death of Mr. George Clinch, who had for many years acted as Assistant Treasurer of the Congress and who had compiled the Archseological Index in recent years. Mr. Clinch's death, which occurred very soon after the last Meeting of Congress, resulted in certain changes to which Congress is asked to give effect by formal ratification. Dr. Norman expressed to the Council his desire to resign the office of Hon. Treasurer ; the Council has accepted his resignation with regret, and recommends that Mr. Paley Baildon, F.S.A., be appointed Hon. Treasurer to succeed him. The work formerly done by Mr. Clinch is being carried on by Mr. A. E. Steel, who has given great help at a critical time in the affairs of the Congress. No Societies have resigned and no new ones have been affiliated during the year. The number of affiliated Societies is now 40. It is the desire of the Council to add to its numbers year by year until all the principal Archeeological Societies of the Kingdom are included. By adopting this policy the Congress will not only increase its material resources and output, but will also be able to prove itself of greater use to each individual Society. "With this latter object in view, the Council proposes for the consideration of Congress a new method of publishing its Annual Reports. It is proposed in future to condense, if necessary, the printed report of the proceedings at the Congress, and to print in addition a summary account of " The Year's Work in Archaeology." This account will attempt to give a bird's-eye view of all important excavations and discoveries which have been made during the preceding calendar year, beginning with the year 1921. It will be bound up with the Report of the Earthworks Committee and will be sold to affiliated Societies at the lowest price compatible with the cost of production. It is hoped that this combined Report will prove interesting to individual members of Societies, and particularly to those workers who would like to know the latest archseological news from all parts of the country. Incidentally, printing, binding and distributing a single Report instead of two will be a measure of economy. The scheme can only succeed if it receives the practical support of affiliated Societies, who are asked to assist the Hon. Secretary in the very arduous work of compilation. It is suggested that they do this by sending him a sort of summary of progress during 1921 within the county or area they cover. Such summaries should only include the more important excavations and discoveries made Vll during the year within the area, whether by members of the Society or by others. Casual finds of importance should be included. It is not intended to forestall the full published accounts which will no doubt appear at a later date. Forms already exist suitable for entering these notes upon, and will be supplied, if required, on application to the Hon. Secretary. The method of compilation will thus be precisely similar to that so successfully employed in preparing the Earthworks Report, which will, of course, be continued as before. According to rule the following six members retire from Council:—The Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, Mr. J. W. Willis Bund, Dr. Philip Norman, Dr. Horace Round, Lord Crawford, Major Freer. In order to meet the wishes of affiliated Societies for more complete representation on Council, it is suggested that the following resolution should be adopted :—That the six retiring members of Council shall not be eligible for re-election until a year has elapsed. Affiliated Societies not already represented on Council are invited to suggest names of representatives likely to be able to attend Meetings of Council. Such names should be sent to the Hon. Secretary. The Council wish to draw the attention of affiliated Societies to one aspect of relief-works for the unemployed. Wherever these involve disturbance of the soil, important archaeological discoveries are certain to be made sooner or later, and equally certain to be lost or destroyed through ignorance, unless systematic supervision is organised in each area. The Council consider that this will form a suitable subject for discussion at the forthcoming Congress. Report of the Proceedings at the 29th Congress. The Twenty-ninth Congress was held in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, at Burlington House, November 29th and 30th, 1921, under the Presidency of Sir Hercules Read, LL.D., President of the Society of Antiquaries. The following Societies sent delegates :— Society: Delegates: British Archaeological Association W. A. Cater (Hon. Research Secretary), Francis Weston Royal Archseological Institute G. C. Druce Prehistoric Society of East Anglia Guy Maynard (Hon. Secretary) Society of Genealogists of London Rev. C. Moor Cambrian Archseological Associa- W. J. Hemp, T. E. Morris tion Vlll Society : National Museum of Wales Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Berkshire Archaeological and Architectural Society Bristol and Gloucestershire Archseological Society Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society Cambridge Antiquarian Society Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society . Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Derbyshire Archseological and Natural History Society Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club Essex Archaeological Society Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society Kent Archaeological Society Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society Oxford Architectural and Historical Society Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Suffolk Institute of Archaeology Surrey Archaeological Society Sussex Archseological Society Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Delegates : Dr. D. R. Paterson, Dr. R. E. Mortimer- Wheeler Sir William Fry (Vice-President), E. W. Lynam Rev. P. H. Ditchfield (Hon. Secretary). Roland Austin (Hon. Secretary) Edwin HolHs, James Berry Professor E. Prior, Cyril Fox George Eyre Evans (Hon. Secretary) T. H. B. Graham, (Hon. Editor) R. G. Collingwood- W. J. Andrew, P. H. Currey (Hon. Secretary) His Honour Judge Udal, Canon J. C. M. Mansel-Pleydell R. C. Fowler (Hon. Editor) William Dale (Hon. Secretary) Aymer Vallance George Bethell Major Freer Professor J. L. Myres H. St. George Gray (Secretary) Yorkshire Archaeological Society Rev. H. A. Harris (Hon. Secretary) M. S. Giuseppi, Arthur Bonner Col. Attree, R. Garraway Rice B. Howard Cunnington (Hon. Cur. of Mus.), Rev. E. H. Goddard (Hon. Secretary) Col. Parker, E. W. Crossley (Hon. Secretary) In addition to the above delegates and to the President and Officers of Congress, there were present : Miss Nina F. Layard and Dr. Philip Norman (Members of Council), and Mr. Willoughby Gardner (Member of the Earthworks Committee). The Proceedings of the first day were devoted to the business affairs of the Congress. Copies of the Report of the Proceedings at the last Congress had been printed and distributed. Owing to the lamented death of Mr. George Clinch (which occurred very soon after the last Congress), the Council had provisionally arranged for the work, formally dons by Mr. Clinch, to be continued by Mr. A. E. Steel. Dr. Norman had asked the Council to accept his resignation as Hon. Treasurer, and the Council had done so, nominating Mr. W. Paley Baildon as his successor. These provisional arrangements were all confirmed unanimously by Congress. IX Mr. W. Paley Baildon then presented his Report as Hon Treasurer. The financial position of the Congress was quiti satisfactory, the balance in hand on June 30th being £38 9s. 6d Major Freer drew attention to the desirability of usinj Bankers' Orders for subscriptions, and the Hon. Secretary assurec him that this was being done and that the necessary forms would shortly be distributed to Societies. The Treasurer's Report was carried unanimously. Mr. Albany Major, O.B.E., Hon. Secretary of the Earthworks Committee, presented the Report of the past year, which is printed in full elsewhere. The Report was approved unanimously. Arising out of the Report, the following resolutions were passed unanimously by the Congress:— " That the Congress of Archeeological Societies desires to support as strongly as it can the appeal put forward by the National Trust for funds in order to enable it to carry out the purchase of Cissbury Ring, near Worthing, and would ask all archcsologists to assist the proposal by any means in their power." (Proposed by Colonel Attree, seconded by Major Freer.) The President hoped that the National Trust would be able to acquire Cissbury, a site of the greatest archaeological importance, which had been investigated by General Pitt-Rivers and other archaeologists after him. It was agreed that the Congress should make a small contribution to the fund, the exact amount being left to the discretion of the Council. " That the Congress of Archeeological Societies, having heard the Report of the Earthworks Committee for the present year, wishes to express its regret at the destruction of a portion of the Middlesex Grim's Dyke at Pinner Green, and to urge on the Ancient Monuments Board the desirability of scheduling for preservation, under the Ancient Monuments Acts, the portion of the dyke which still exists at Pinner, together with other remains of the dyke which are of value, either as illustrating its construction or indicating its course and extent." (Proposed by Mr. Francis Weston, seconded by Mr. H. Sf. George Gray.) The Report of the Council, dated June 30th, 1921, having been printed and distributed, was taken as read on the proposal of Major Freer, seconded by Colonel Attree. An amendment to the wording of the Resolution in the Council's Report, proposed by the Hon. Treasurer, was approved, and the Resolution therefore should read as follows:— " That the six senior Members of Council (other than Officers) retire at each Annual Meeting, and shall not be eligible for re-election at that Meeting." X " Arising out of the Report, the Hon. Secretary explained wo proposals contained therein, viz., to print an annual summary ' f the year's work, and to secure adequate supervision of inemployment schemes that involved disturbance of the soil. The details of procedure in both cases were discussed by Major ireer, Sir William Fry, Mr. T. E. Morris, Mr. Albany Major, he Rev. E. H. Goddard, Mr. St. George Gray and the Hon. Treasurer. It was decided that as regards the " Year's Work " >roposal, the methods outlined in.the Council's Report should >e adopted; and that as regards unemployment schemes, the Coun- ;il should be authorized to take such action as might be deemed lecessary in the best interests of Archaeology, it being left to the Council to decide upon the exact procedure adopted. The President said that it would probably be found advisable to send :ommunications to the Press, since the preservation of antiquities was one which might well be of interest to others besides archaeoogical students. Under the new rule the following Members of Council retired:—The Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, Mr. J. W. Willis Bund, Dr. Philip Norman, Dr. Horace Round, the Earl of Crawford and Major Freer. The following eight Members were elected unanimously to take their place and to fill two vacancies :—Mr. Roland Austin, • Mr. W. Parker Brewis, Mr. R. G. Collingwood, the Rev. E. H. . Goddard, Mr. H. St. George Gray, Mr. W. J. Hemp, Professor J. L. Myres and Colonel Parker. THE PRESERVATION OF OLD STONEWORK. The Proceedings on Wednesday, November 30th, began at 11 a.m. with the opening remarks of the President. He took as his subject the Preservation of old Stone-work, which was to be brought before the Congress by Professor Prior. A good deal of attention had been given to the care of interiors, but not much to that of exteriors. Our chmate was responsible for a great deal of decay, as could be seen from an examination of Westminster Abbey, where only one small piece of original stone-work had survived. The natural agents of destruction were supplemented <, by human ones in the form of deleterious gases emitted from • factory chimneys and the like. The salt fumes of factories were very harmful. How long, for instance, could the very fine stonework of the John Rylands Library, at Manchester, be expected to last amid such unfavourable surroundings ? Attempts to stop this process of decay had not hitherto been conspicuously successful. Hardening processes sometimes caused the whole of the exterior to flake off, thus doing more harm than. good. He had much pleasure in introducing Professor Prior, who was Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge, and who had something XI to tell the Congress of new methods of preserving old stone-work from decay. Professor. Prior (Cambridge) said that hitherto two views had been current, to replace ancient original work by modern imitations and to preserve it intact in its genuine state. The adherents of the first view.had hitherto held the field and had scored so many runs that there was little left for the other side to do. There was very little genuine stone-work left, but it was now generally agreed that what there was should be left and preserved rather than replaced. To make use of a literary comparison, what could be our knowledge of Homer if he survived only in Pope's translation ? The day of mere conjecture was past. Old stone-work could be effectually preserved by established scientific processes. Professor Noel Heaton was describing the methods employed at the Royal Society of Arts that evening. Archaeological Societies could create sympathy and interest throughout the country and could give advice as to preservation. The Rev. E. H. Goddard (Wilts) asked how long the preserving process might be expected to last. Past experience in this respect was not encouraging. What was good for one sort of stone was not good for another ; no single process could be of general application. He thought there were occasions when restoration was justified. It was better to see that a building was decently clothed than that it become exposed by decay. Professor Myres (Oxford) suggested that what was required was to focus a large variety of experiments in preservation so that architects could go and inspect the results. Perhaps Professor Prior would make a communication to Council, relative to Professor Heaton's paper. A comprehensive report was needed to assist Societies in giving advice to architects. His Honour Judge Udal (Dorset), enquired as to the weathering of Hamdon Hill stone. Mr. Gray (Somerset) said it was very variable. Mr. Collingwood (Cumberland and Westmorland), referring to some remarks on the urgency of scheduling fabrics, said that his Society had already done this. After further discussion in which Messrs. Aymer Vallance, Morris and Currey took part, Professor Prior thanked the Congress for the interest shown in the subject, which was now removed from the realms of conjecture. The President, summing up, said that the subject under discussion was capable of scientific treatment, causes rather than symptoms being now attacked. The thanks of the Congress were due to Professor Prior for his remarks. THE PROGRAMME OF THE HAVERFIELD TRUST. Professor Myres referred briefly to the late Professor Haverfield and his work in terms which fully expressed the feelings xii >f the Congress. Professor Haverfield's library was bequeathed >y his will to the Ashmolean Museum, and, with the rest of his :state, was held in trust by a representative committee. The Haverfield Trust had two main objects in view: (i) the formation )f a Corpus ofTnscriptions, to be published in the form of supplenentary volumes: (2) the carrying out of an archaeological survey >f Roman remains reduced to map form. In both these underakings, Archaeological Societies could give the Trust great tssistance. It was hoped that the Library would become a central itorehouse of information relating to Roman Britain, and that •eports of finds and similar information would be sent to it from ill parts of the country. Mr. Crawford (Hon. Secretary, Congress) said he felt sure hat all those who were taking part in the Archaeological Survey, with which he was most closely associated, would be only too billing to assist the Haverfield Trust. Mr. Collingwood (Cumberland and Westmorland) informed :he Congress that he was engaged upon the compilation of the Corpus referred to by Professor Myres. Two thousand inscrip- :ions were estimated to exist, and he was anxious to obtain :resh readings of all these. It was a big undertaking, but the abour would be greatly lessened if he were provided with }hotographs or rubbings of inscriptions beforehand. Members )f Archaeological Societies could assist him greatly in his work by sending these to him, since preliminary study at home shortened :he time required on the spot. Mr. Fox (Cambridge) referred to the survey of Southern Cambridgeshire now being carried out. The President was glad to think that the great name of Professor Haverfield would be perpetuated by the Trust formed Dy his will to carry on his work. ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY. The afternoon was devoted to a discussion of the Archaeoqgical Survey being carried out in connection with the Ordnance Survey. The Hon. Secretary, who is also Archaeology Officer of :he Ordnance Survey, gave a brief outline of the very satisfactory progress made up to date. Mr. Gray (Somerset) referred to the work in Somerset being lone by Messrs. Bulleid, Balch and Wicks, some of the results }f which could be seen in the 6in. maps exhibited. As an example Df the need for such work, he said that in a given area of the Mendips, 57 tumuli only were marked on the Ordnance Maps, whereas 163 were now known to exist, and one new Camp had been discovered. Mr. Major (Hon. Secretary, Earthworks Committee) referred to the work being undertaken by the Croydon Natural History Xlll Society in conjunction with the Surrey Archaeological Society Some criticisms were made of the Hon. Secretary's " Notes fc Guidance in the Field," copies of which were distributed at th Congress. Mr. Crawford replied briefly to Mr. Major's criticisms an expressed the hope that the " Notes " would be found use'fi by field-archaeologists. It was easier to criticise than to construci The " Notes " would be offered for sale by the Ordnance Surve; at 4d. a copy and the accompanying " Specimen Field Sheet (Wilts, Sheet 29, S.W.) at is. 6d. a copy. The " Notes " wer intended to assist those engaged in the Archaeological Survey t recognize and classify earthworks, and to make public the systen of nomenclature to be adopted in future on the Ordnance Surve1 Maps. After a further discussion of details, in which Messrs. Morri and Fox took part, the President, in summing up, said that ther were many signs that we- were at last becoming a civilised nation The Ancient Monuments Act was evidence of this, as was also th appointment of their Secretary, Mr. Crawford, to the recently created post of Archaeology Officer at the Ordnance Survey When the Archaeological Survey being carried out from there wa completed, we should have a record as good as could be provide< by any human means. The Congress had, he considered, beei a most successful one ; its influence was far-reaching and not ti be measured in numerical terms. I Report of the Earthworks Committee. The information received by the Committee this year shows an increase of activity under all heads, destruction, unhappily, not excepted. Indeed, the destruction of a portion of the Middlesex Grim's Dyke, at Pinner Green, is the most serious case of the kind brought to your Committee's notice within recent years, and shows up strikingly the difficulties in the way of those who desire to protect ancient earthworks. Although the dyke was clearly marked on the O.S. Maps, no one connected with the Housing Scheme put forward by the Hendon Rural District Council seems to have called attention to it, or to have suggested that it ought to be preserved, and no local resident raised a voice on its behalf. The scheme seems to have been approved by the Office of Works and ought, your Committee understands, to have been submitted to the Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments before approval, but it appears that this was not done. This is the more unfortunate, as some modification of the scheme would, no doubt, have been possible, which would have saved a well-marked and typical portion of the dyke, interesting in its contrast to the yet more imposing fragment to the east of it, which so far has escaped. As soon as the Committee heard of the destruction that had been wrought, the matter was reported to the Chief Inspector and to others likely to be interested, and urgent representations were made. It is believed that the danger of further damage has been averted, but your Committee is strongly of the opinion that the fine piece of Grim's Dyke which still remains at Pinner Green should be scheduled under the Ancient Monuments Acts, together with other portions which are, at present, in no immediate danger. There are two cases reported of destruction on the line of the Roman Wall, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, one of these being also due to a Housing Scheme. The Wall itself has long perished in these parts, but it is very desirable that the traces of its course which still remain should be preserved. _ Belated reports of damage or destruction, due either directly or _ indirectly to the war, come from Northumberland and Wiltshire, and it is probable that there are many cases of damage done to minor earthworks to which attention has not been called. _ The Wiltshire case occurred on the outskirts of Salisbury Plain and jour Committee is glad to record that at the instance of the Society of Antiquaries, Colonel Hawley has been appointed Inspector of the Antiquities on the Plain, which are in urgent need of the watchful care of an archaeological expert. Unofficial activity in recording known and searching for unknown earthworks is also increasing. The Sussex and the Yorkshire Archaeological Societies have started on a survey of the earthworks of their respective counties, and the number of unrecorded earth2 works brought to notice from other quarters, notably from Wale: Hertfordshire, Middlesex and Surrey, is remarkable. In th latter county a local Society, the Croydon Natural History an< Scientific Society which 'has undertaken a Regional Survey c a large area in its neighbourhood, seems to be doing very goo work. Apart from the discovery of unrecorded earthworks, report . by Dr. Eric Gardner and Mr. D. H. Montgomerie on details c certain well-known earthworks in Devonshire and Sussex whic are not in existing plans, shows the large field that is open eve: for the study of recorded works; while reports from variou quarters suggest that the remains of many ancient earthwork may still be in existence, hidden in road and boundary bank for which they have been utilised. This seems not improbabl when we consider the network of banks, ditches and trackway that surround ancient habitation sites in regions that have neve been enclosed or highly cultivated, e.g., Salisbury Plain, th South Downs, the hills of Dorset, the Yorkshire Wolds, etc. Your Committee is glad to know that an attempt is bein; made by the National Trust to acquire Cissbury Ring for th public, and they hope the project will be warmly supported b; archaeologists. A report by Mr. H. S. Toms shows that this i another well-known work which will repay closer study, and ata that it is another of the works which is being greatly damagei ' by rabbits. Several recent reports of your Committee hav • pointed out the harm done by these insidious agents of destruction and it is to be hoped that the National Trust will shortly be in ; position to show how their ravages can be checked. The exploration of earthworks is still hampered by cost o labour, but in Wales this difficulty has not prevented a good dea of work, and there has been much activity in Hampshire when .archaeologists have been able to do the work themselves or th cost has been borne by the owner. Special attention should however,.be called to the work begun by the Cambridge Anti quarian Society on the great Cambridgeshire dykes and othe earthworks in their, neighbourhood. The tendency has hithert< been for workers.connected with our Universities to go far afielc for excavation and to neglect the problems at their doors. Th . example, set by the Cambridge Antiquarian Society might, witl advantage, be followed by the sister University, in the case o earthworks so near Oxford as the Dyke Hills at Dorchester anc Sinodun on the opposite side of the Thames. Should it be decided, as proposed by your Council, to issu in future a general review of the Year's Work in Archaeology ii addition to the Earthworks Report, information about mound: and tumuli not connected with defensive earthworks will b transferred to the general review. •3 Your Committee regrets to record the loss of Mr. Charles Lynam, F.S.A., a Member of the Committee since May, 1905, ivho died on the 20th February, 1921. Messrs. J. P. Bushe-Fox, F.S.A., W. J. Hemp, F.S.A., and T. Cann Hughes, F.S.A., have oined the Committee. Your Committee wishes further to express its great regret it the death of Mr. George Clinch, who had rendered it invaluable lelp, and its appreciation of the assistance it has had from Mr. \.. E. Steel, who has succeeded Mr. Clinch as Assistant Treasurer )f the Congress of Archaeological Societies, in the preparation of :he Bibliographies attached to the last and present Reports. The information on which the Report is based follows under :he usual head, and thanks are again due to the Secretaries of iffiliated Societies and other correspondents who have furnished it. England and Wales. PRESERVATION AND RECORD. CARMARTHENSHIRE.—A small earthwork on the right bank of the River Llwchwr, near Llangennech, which is mentioned in a " Survey Plan " of 1808 as " Old Fortification," but had been lost sight of and forgotten, has been re-discovered. CARNARVONSHIRE.—A small earthwork, about 90 ft. square, has been discovered by Dr. R. E. M. Wheeler in the probable line of the Roman road, i | miles N.W. of the Roman fort at Carnarvon. DENBIGHSHIRE.—The existence of the remains of a Roman fort in the valley of the Llugwy, near Bettws-y-coed, which has long been suspected, has been verified by the spade. DEVONSHIRE.—Dr. Eric Gardner, F.S.A., has sent the following report on details in the construction of the undermentioned earthworks which do not appear in the plans in the Victoria County History :— • — Payhembury. The eastern entrance of Hembury Camp is limited by a hedge and no earthworks are shown E. Df it, though the very interesting approach to the entrance lies there. This consists of a prolongation of the end of the third rampart southwards, protecting a deeply sunken path which runs up from low down on the side of the hill and leads to the east entrance. Membury. The eastern entrance, as shown on :he plan, consists of a narrow breach in the rampart, alongside 1 blind recess. The narrow bank is undoubtedly modern, and the blind recess is formed by the inflection of the ends of the ramparts Hanking a true entrance, these two inflected ends being joined by 1 very modern bank. . < 4 DEVONSHIRE.—Dumpton Camp. A long bank can be traced throughout most of its course, running up the hillside to the southern end of the upper terrace outside the eastern entrance and protecting a path. Hembury and Membury are within six miles of Dumpton. All three have eastern entrances with inflected ramparts, and two have interesting outworks. ESSEX.—Dr. J. Horace Round sends the following notes :— Chrishall. In Morant's, Essex (1768), there.is a mention under Chrishall, II., 606, of " a bank which probably ran through Hertfordshire to Middlesex." He states that " the land above the bank in the same fields is inherited by the eldest brother; that below the bank descends by Borrough- English to the youngest," From his language I gather that the bank was already in decay, so that it may well be no longer traceable. Good Easter. The late Mr. Chalkley Gould, in his article on Essex earthworks in the Victoria County History, Essex, I., 303, stated that "at Good Easter, by the Church, is a batch of four moated enclosures, close together but not conjoined," etc. These enclosures must have been those of Paslowes, Imbers, Fawkeners and Bowers. These were the prebendal homes of four canons of S. Martin-le-Grand, each of whom is known to have had a house there. • Great Canfield. This perfect example of the mound and court castle was not dated by Mr. Gould (V.C.H., I., 290). I have just sent to the Essex Archaeological Society a note upon it proving that in 1221 the De Veres hadhere a castle, which is mentioned in conjunction with their stronghold at Hedingham Castle. GLAMORGANSHIRE.—An oval earthwork with an area of half-an-acre has been discovered 600ft above the sea level on the shoulder of the Wenallt, two miles N. of Whitchurch, near Cardiff. It forms one of a series of similar works in South Wales. HERTFORDSHIRE.—St. Alban's. In the parish of St. Michael's there is a well-marked dyke, known as the ." Devil's Ditch," which in the Victoria County History, as well as in the Hertfordshire Inventory of the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) and in the O.S. maps, appears as a short, isolated length of bank and ditch with no extension either way. Mr. G. E. Cruickshank, F.S.A., and the Hon. Secretary, however, in continuation of their examination of dykes near St. Alban's, mentipned in the last Report, have traced this both E. and W. for a considerable distance beyond what appears. Eastwards it has been traced across Watling Street and down to the River Ver, while beyond the river the line is continued by a bank and ditch up to and through Ladies' Grove, as far at least as 5 Batch Wood. Westwards it can be traced right through Gorhambury Park, while beyond it the line appears to be carried on by hedgerows extending almost continuously to Nash Mills on the River Gade. > HERTFORDSHIRE.—The Hon- Secretary has also visited the " Fosse " at Verulamium, which runs out from about the centre of the west Side of the-Roman fosse'at'an acute angle towards the , N.W.,arid is' Only shown in the O.S. maps as extending for less than a quarter-of-a-mile. It is suggested .in the Victoria County History and in the Hertfordshire Inventory that it returned at an angle to form an outwork of the.Roman fortress,'though the former authority notes an extension beyond the supposed point of return through a copse and into an arable field beyond. But, as aimatter of fact, although ploughed out in this field, its continuation,on the same line can again be traced three or four hundred yards further on in Gorhambury Park, Where it joins up with the earth- , works referred to below. - . .—•-* Gorhambury Park.. The Hon. Secretary has "found traces of an extensive system;of earthworks here, including small quadrangular works, long lines of dyke, trackways, etc., which require to be studied and planned before '< they can be further described, or understood. ;• ; —; Ware. A new camp (at Widbury) has been discovered, and reported to the Ordnance Survey by the owner, •Mr. J. H. Buxton, of Easneye. It lies between Widbury House •and Widbury Wood, and the ditch is1 well-preserved on the S.W. and'E. sides of the camp which coincide with .field boundaries. The site has been visited and the necessary additions-made1 for publication on the next edition of the O.S. maps; but as a new edition of the 25-inch sheets [Herts, 30 S.W.] was published in i92i,the camp will only appear on the 6-inch Sheet now in course of preparation. HERTFORDSHIRE-MIDDLESEX.—-Mr. Cruickshank and the Hon. Secretary have also made further investigations of the course of Grim's Dyke. (See Report for 1919)., Eastwards they have traced it from a little beyond Potter's Bar Station,'oh the G.N.R, almost to the boundary between the two counties,- distant a 'fnile or more. -At the western end the dyke seems to split into'several branches beyond Cuckoo Hill, at Pinner Green., There, are, at least, three • or four traceable between Eastcote arid 'Ruislip. Their exact course through- enclosed ground between Cuckoo •Hill and Haydon Hall at Eastcote' is uncertain, but ,W. 'Of this the two northernmost branches-run1 into rPark'Wood,-while a branch from the most northerly runs due N! and forms the eastern boundary of the Wood. It has not yet'been-followed further. •The southerly branch follows the north bank of the River Pinri, from the road W. of Haydon Hall to'the next lane; westwards'. 6 Just beyond this it crosses" -to the S. of the river and .divide into tWo. The southern arm follows the main road into-Ruislip passing to the south of Manor Farm. The other arm runs midwa] between this and the river, passes just N. of Manor Farm and ha; been traced for half-a-mile or more beyond, but the investigatioi of these various branches is not yet complete. MIDDLESEX.—Mr. G. E. Cruickshank and the Hon. Secretary have recently verified the existence of the following unrecord.ee earthworks •— .. Bentley Heath. Banks and ditches in a field tc the N. of the church, under Mr. Cruickshank's observation for some time, which appear to consist of the remains of a moated site and enclosures connected with it. Ruislip. Various banks and a mound in the fields N. and E. of Manor Farm, to which their attention was drawn by Mr. H. S. Braun, Manor Farm stands within an oval moat, and the other earthworks, which are not in the O.S. maps, appear to include the remains of another quadrangular moat with other enclosures. There was at' Ruislip a cell of the Abbey of Bee Harlewin in Normandy, to which the Manor belonged formerly, and these banks and ditches mark, no doubt, the site of the monastic buildings, etc. Wrotham Park. A big bank which runs round the north-west corner of the park from mid-way up its western side to mid-way along its northern side, whence it diverges towards Bentley Heath. Grim's Dyke is merged with it along the W. side of the park, but the relationship of the two works is not clear. MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Bedwas. Mr. 0. G. S. Crawford, F.S.A., has found a small square earthwork on a high moor immediately W. of Twyn Cae-Hugh on Mynydd y Grug, probably a Roman camp. The clearance of trees in Priory Wood, a mile E. of Caerleon, has revealed a quadrangular earthwork with an area of three or four acres. The site might, it is stated, well be Roman, except that the corners are angular, not rounded. NORTHUMBERLAND.—Lieut.-Colonel E. R. B. Spain, C.M.G., has examined the course of the Black Dyke, which crosses the Roman Wall a little W. of Broomlee Lough and runs between the North and South Tyne. He apparently finds nothing to support the theory that it is a continuation of the Scottish Catrail, or of dykes in Durham and Yorkshire. A full account will be given to the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. SUFFOLK.—Sicklesmere. Further examination of the Roman site, discovered by Mr. G. Basil Barham in 1904, and described by him in " The Antiquary," July, 1906, has enabled him to trace out the occupied area which, in his view, probably marks the site of the station of Villa Faustini in Iter V. of Antoninus. Considerable remains of the ramparts on the S. and S.W. sides, and 7 of what appears to have been a small amphitheatre on the hillside to the N.W., are still visible. Pottery found ranges from Samian to the crudest Romano-British, and coins were found of seven rulers, dating from A.D. 14 to A.D. 337. In the Victoria County History the site is erroneously described as at Whelnetham. SUFFOLK.—Whelnetham. In the latter parish, however, Mr. Barham has found a small oblong, rectangular work, enclosing two small mounds to the S.E. of the site described above. SURREY.—The following unrecorded earthworks are reported, discovered for the most part by Members of the Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society in the course of a Regional Survey of a large area round Croydon undertaken by the Society :— Chaldon. A quadrangular earthwork just S. of Tolworth Farm, whose southern rampart has been almost, if not entirely, obliterated by a chalk pit, found by Mr. J. M. Newnham. A parish boundary runs along its western face, and just below it the Pilgrims' Way goes diagonally down the slope of the Downs. Godstone. A quadrangular earthwork just N. of and partly in the grounds of the rectory, found by Mr. C. C. Fagg, F.G.S., President of the above Society, and Mr. Newnham. The earthwork lies within and near the north-eastern corner of the remains of a much larger enclosure, also apparently quadrangular, and there are traces of an approach from the south-east angle of the latter to the south-east corner of the earthwork. Merstham. A quadrangular earthwork in a field between Coldroast Farm and the highroad, found by Mr. Fagg. There are traces of other ancient banks in the field as well as immediately to the S. round Boorsgreen and Furzefield Shaw. There are also traces of what appear to be scarped banks running across the south slope of Ashstead Hill, between Furzefield Shaw and Upper Gatton Park, a little below the brow of the hill. On the slighter of these, which is some thirty yards below the upper one, there is a small pear-shaped earthwork on the shoulder of the hill. Epsom. A large enclosure, roughly quadrilateral, within banks of very low profile, at the extreme N. angle of the golf course on Epsom Downs. This appears in the 6in. O.S. map of 1897 as " Cricket Ground," apparently enclosed. There are traces of an entrance in the middle of the south side with a trackway approaching it. Wallington. Remains of an earthwork on the banks of the Wandle, close to the boundary between the parishes of Beddington and Wallington, found by Mrs. J.. E. Birch. There is a large circular depression in the enclosure not far from the river bank. A reference to an earthwork, apparently the one in question, is quoted in " Historical Notes on Wallington," by the Rev. J. Williams, 1873, but no authority is given and the work 8 is not mentioned in the Victoria County History or shown in th O.S. maps. SURREY.—Walton-on-Thames. Traces of the old boundar bank and ditch of Oatlands Palace grounds (1537-1650) recentl noted in Oatlands Park by Dr. Gardner. Woodmansterne. Remains of a large quadrangn lar earthwork on the cricket field near the church, discovered b Mr. J. M. Newnham. ' In addition to the above the Hon. Secretar reports a boundary bank following the boundary between th parishes of Chipstead and Merstham, which he has traced fror the Brighton Road, near the Star Inn at Hooley, into and acros Upper Gatton Park; also traces of ancient earthworks in fieli and road-banks round Chipstead; and apparent traces of wha seems to have been an extensive system of earthworks extendinj across the hills from Upper Gatton Park to a point between Epson and Ewell. In connection with the latter, he believes he ha succeeded in locating the remains of two banks shown in a ver rude plan of an estate at Banstead in Manning and Bray's Histor of Surrey as running across Preston and Ewell Downs (no\> enclosed). These banks would appear to have diverged from th neighbourhood of " Buckle's Gap" at the N.E. corner o the golf course on Epsom Downs, whence the one ran nearb N. and N.E., its course being still marked by the parish boundan between Epsom and Ewell, while the other ran first W., thei turned nearly S. along the western boundary of " The Knolls,' beyond which its course is marked by field-banks to Prestoi Hawe" and beyond. SUSSEX.—The Sussex Archaeological Society has appointee a Committee to make a survey of the earthworks of the county and the Committee has issued an appeal to all Sussex folk to helj them to carry out the work. Cissbury Ring. The National Trust has startec a scheme for the purchase of Cissbury Ring, near Worthing, anc appeals to the public and to archaeologists in general for support Mr. H. S. Toms reports the discovery and surve] of four more rectangular enclosures, ditched and banked, in Ciss bury Ring. These are in addition to the three described b} General Pitt-Rivers. Ringmer. Mr. Toms also reports a castle-mound Norman, with dry ditch at Clay Hill Farm. He states that th< work is in a very perfect state and is not in the O.S. maps. Mr. D. H. Montgomerie, F.S.A., reports the follow ing details which do not appear in the plans of the earthwork referred to either in the Victoria County History or in the O.S maps, and are apparently unrecorded:— Pulborough. The vallum and ditch of the Romar 9 :amp near Hardham, which maps and plans only show to the 5. of the L.B. & S.C.R., can be traced also to the N. of the •ailway, round the enceinte, completing the quadrangle. SUSSEX.—Park Mount. The well-marked rampart arid ditch )f a bailey run out in a.curve from the mount on the S.W. on to a teep natural slope. Dr. Eliot Curwen and Mr. A. Hadrian Allcroft eport the discovery of various fresh earthworks, including a big valley entrenchment to the E. of Harrow Hill, another probable tillage site in Rewell Wood (see the Report for 1920), covered vays on Amberley Mount, Rackham Hill, etc. These will be lescribed in forthcoming papers in the Sussex Archaeological Collections. WILTSHIRE.—Salisbury ' Plain. At the instance of the society of Antiquaries, Lieut.-Colonel W. Hawley, F.S.A., has been Lppointed Inspector of the various antiquities on Salisbury Plain. Wanborough. Mr. A. D. Passmore reports the liscovery of a slightly oblong, quadrangular earthwork, containing wo mounds, at Sugar Hill on the S. edge of the parish of Variborough. It has well-rounded corners and two apparent ;ntrances, one near the centre of its southern face, the other it its S.W. corner. — Wansdyke. In continuation of an examination >f Warisdyke .which was interrupted by the war (see Reports or 1914,1916 and 1917), the Hon. Secretary, in conjunction with Mr. H. C. Brentnall, has again followed the whole course of iVansdyke from the W, of Savernake Forest to its termination mder Inkpen Hill. Their examination included various remains )f banks and ditches which, may mark its course through the orest, but no continuous line has yet been traced through this. "le has also followed the branch described by Sir R. Colt Hoare, as diverging southward at a poirit on Merril Down, a ittle E. of Great Bedwyn, from that point to the neighbourhood »f Ludgershall. Detailed Itineraries have been published: in he Wiltshire Archaeological-Magazine. • YORKSHIRE.—Several Members of the Yorkshire Archaeoogical Society are engaged in the work of marking all the earthworks of the county on the 6in.map in connection with the scheme )f the Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). -— • Gilling. Mr.' Edward Wooler, F.S.A., has dis- :overed that the Scott's Dyke; near Gilling, was levelled for the passage of the Roman road from Watling Street to Carlisle. — Ilkley.' The question of preserving the Roman :ort is being brought before the Ilkley District Council. . . ' Stanwick.' Mi*'. Wooler also reports that- he has iiscovered some outer earthworks of the " British " camp at 10 Stariwick (described. in- ;his :M&hograph on the Roman fort at Piercebridge), which are.-entirely different in character from the rest of the 'defences. He is inclined to date them to the first half of the first century' A.D., and believes that they were constructed for the use of. archers. i. - . . DESTRUCTION. • CARNARVONSHIRE.—The gradual and unavoidable destruction of the hill-fort on Penma'enimawr continues. - MIDDLESEX.—Harlington. ' A small square earthwork, shown iri the 0-S. maps just S. of Harlington, has been so completely, effaced by cultivation' that it is difficult to be certain of its site. - Pinner Green. In March, 1921, Mr. H.' S. Braun reported that a well-marked part of Grim's Dyke had been completely destroyed by a Housing Scheme carried out by the Hendon Rural District Council. The matter'was at once referred to the Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments, Mr. C. R. Peers, F.S.A., who set enquiries on foot. The Clerk to the Council tried to make out that no part of the dyke had been injured, but this was shown to be incorrect. Not only was the portion of the dyke destroyed clearly marked' in the O.S. maps, but the Clerk of the Works and,-the workmen employed were well aware that they were at work on the site of an ancient earthwork. T wo houses at least, had been built actually upon it, and it had been further cut up in making roads' and gardens. A proposed extension of the scheme, threatened with destruction one of the finest parts of the dyke which at present has escaped. In reply to the representation made, the Office of Works has now been informed that it is not proposed to carry out the extension of the scheme. There may, however, be some danger of the land being utilised for allotments, and a careful watch ought to be kept locally. But for the present, although attention was drawn to the scheme too late to avert irretrievable damage, it is hoped that no further destruction will take place. — Ruislip. Part of the oval moat, surrounding Manor Farm on the site of Ruislip Priory, has been filled up to make .a lawn tennis court. . . ; NORTHUMBERLAND.—Roman Wall. Two cases of destruction along the line of the Wall of Hadrian have been reported. To the E. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, between Byker and Wallsend the construction of a new road has obliterated part of the fosse, while to the W., near Wallbottle Dean, the vallum has been cut through and built upon, by the East Newburn Urban District Council in carrying out.the Wallbottle Housing Scheme. < • . -^ "—: Countess Park Camp in N.. Tynedale has been damaged .by the felling, of. the trees on its area and the extensive burning, of rubbish,: which has injured the stones and ramparts I I )f the camp and its hut circles. The dafnage was probably done luring the period 1918-20, but has only just been reported. SUFFOLK.—Mr. G.. B. Barham reports that the walls of the Roman station at Sicklesmere are being gradually ploughed lown. (See also under Preservation and Record.) SUSSEX.—Mr. Hadrian Allcroft reports that a covered way m Bury Hill, with an adjacent large bell-barrow, has been ploughed over. Mr. H. S. Toms reports great damage from rabbits :o the ramparts of Cissbury Ring. WARWICKSHIRE.—Mr. T. Douglas Murden reports that the remains of a moated site, situated in Ward End, a suburb of Birmingham, have been obliterated. Only one arm of the moat, filled with water, remained in front of Treaford Hall. This has now been drained and filled in. WILTSHIRE.—A ditch marked on the O.S. maps on the outskirts of Salisbury Plain has been partially destroyed during the war by the construction of Perham Down Camp. It runs, in so far as its course is known, from a point about a mile S.E. of Ludgershall Castle across Perham Down to Lambdown Furze, a distance of something less than a mile. From observations made by Mr. Percy Farrer, it would appear to have been a trackway. The camp is right across it, but it is still well marked on either side of it. Hill Deverill. The Rev. J. W. R. Brocklebank reports that the Parish Council has built six cottages within the enclosure of a reputed " British " village in this parish. The site is marked on the N. and W. by ditches, still some 3 feet 9 inches to 4 feet deep, the former a hundred yards long, the latter seventyfour yards. Seventy-five yards of the northern ditch will be practically effaced in laying out the gardens of the cottages. Nothing of importance was found when the foundations were dug. EXPLORATION. CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—The Cambridge Antiquarian - Society has begun an examination of the Fleam Dyke between Cambridge and Newmarket (Cambs., 48 S.W.). The excavations conducted* up to the present, have shown the profile of the ditch and the original mode of construction of the vallum, and have yielded evidence bearing on the date of the earthwork. It seems to have been constructed in three stages, the .two reconstructions being probably, and the original bank possibly, post-Roman. Several cuttings were made between the disused railway-cutting and Dungate Farm. The investigation will be continued next season. Excavation during the present season has also shown that the ramp which carries Worsted Street across the Gogmagog Hills, is an example of Roman civil engineering, and 12 not, as has generally been believed, the partially levelled vallum of a pre-Roman dyke. The site of the excavation is on Sheet 47 S.E., near B.M's 191-8 and 156. CARNARVONSHIRE.—The excavations of the Roman fort at Segontium has been continued under the direction of Mr. A. G. K'. Hayter, F.S.A., and Dr. R. E. Mortimer Wheeler. This has shown that this fort began its career as an earthwork in the latter part of the ist Century, A.D. It was subsequently walled in stone. The work will be continued. Excavations at the earthwork, discovered by Dr. Wheeler, near Carnarvon, revealed post-holes and Roman pottery and glass. The bank has been capped by a line of boulders, and the ditch was flat-bottomed. ]y[r. Harold Hughes, F.S.A., has continued the •examination of the fast disappearing hill-fort at Penmaenmawr for the Cambrian Archaeological Association. CHESHIRE.—Mr. R. Hyde Linaker has been examining a moated site at Aston Hall in an endeavour to ascertain its-date and origin, and has discovered the finely chiselled hexagonal base of a sandstone pillar, and made one or two other small finds. But at present, in spite of extensive trenching, nothing has been found to throw light on the problems referred to. DENBIGHSHIRE.—During the excavations in 1920 in the hill-fort of Dinorben, near Abergele, cuttings through ramparts and ditches threw much light on successive occupations. Owing to excessive cost of labour, work was not continued during the past year, but it is hoped to resume it in 1922. A good deal of successful exploration work on the site of the newly-discovered fort near Bettws-y-coed is reported. (See under Preservation and Record.) HAMPSHIRE.—The site of an Early Iron Age village on Worthy Down, near Winchester, has been excavated by Mr. R. W. Hooley, F.G.S. (see also p. 16). Dudsbury. Mr. Heywood Sumner, F.S.A., began an examination of Dudsbury on the River Stour, near Wimborne Minster, in April, 1921. The outer ditch was tested in four places on the western side of the camp, where the outer earthwork has been ploughed and spread. No prehistoric relics were found in the filling of the ditch, but only sherds of green-glazed and yellow-glazed mediaeval pottery which lay on the bottom of the ditch. The western entrance, shown in Warne's plan, was disproved. Excavation revealed that the ditch was continuous here, and also that a recent causeway had been made across it with modern drain pipes and brickbats in its filling, probably for the sake of access to the area of the camp which is under cultivation. The diggings in this outer ditch seem to indicate a mediaeval origin for this outwork, which is surprising. But a1 13 present it must be left at that. Subsequently, a trench .was cut across the inner ditch, usually water-logged, but dry in the summer of 1921, which revealed an abrupt ditch wholly different from that of the outer work, filled with peat; at the bottom of which was found a bone-polished rim-sherd, that in body, form and handling indicates pre-Roman. pottery. Excavations within the area yielded no result. HAMPSHIRE.—Hengistbury Head. Mr. H. St. George Gray reports that trenching close to the shore of Christchurch Harbour, as mentioned in the last Report, has been continued at intervals during the year, and some interesting relics, including a fine bronze bridle-bit of the late Celtic period, have been found. • Stanpit Marsh, Christchurch. This area on the N. side of Christchurch Harbour, having been acquired by Mr. H. Gordon Selfridge, Mr. Gray has been able to examine a large mound of sand, called Crouch Hill. Some excavations were carried out there in October last and a number of flint implements and pieces of ornamented pottery of the Bronze age were found, but no incinerated human remains. St. Catherine's Hill, Christchurch. In August the small square enclosure on this hill (Sheet 86 N.E.) was tested by Mr. W. G. Wallace. The site has been supposed to be that of a mediaeval chapel within a Roman earthwork. The chapel site revealed no traceable foundations ; only broken " foreign " stones, bedded pell-mell amidst decayed mortar, sherds of mediaeval pottery and rare fragments of painted glass. Three trenches were cut through the surrounding low earthwork, which showed that the ditches were shallow and not defensive.' No relics were found in these trenches, excepting one nondescript sherd. The only possible indications of Roman occupation were a few oyster shells, but these were found on the chapel-site associated with mediaeval pottery sherds. Barley Pound.. The excavations of the Farnham Field Club on the site of the Norman earthwork at Barley Pound, near Crondall (Hants, Sheet 28, N.W.), last summer were rewarded by the uncovering of the foundations of a wall eight feet thick, with pottery and other- small finds of the Norman period. An account and plans of- these last two sites will be found in Dr. Williams-Freeman's Field Archaeology as illustrated by Hampshire (Macmillan, 1915). MERIONETHSHIRE.—Mr. Willoughby Gardner, F.S.A., has carried out excavations'in the castle-mound at Rug, near Corweni The mound is an enlarged Bronze age barrow which contains a cist. MIDDLESEX.—The Committee appointed by the British Archaeological Society, the London and Middlesex "Archaeological Society and the South-Eastern Union of Scientific Societies-, 14 with a view to excavation at Brockley Hill (Sulloniacae), has applied for the necessary permission, and if this is obtained it is hoped to begin work next year. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.—Margidunum (on the Foss-way, 8 miles- E. of Nottingham). Excavation has been continued by Dr. Felix Oswald, and shows that four ditches formed the defences of the camp on the S. side. A series of shallow rectangular pits with iron slag adhering to their base show that during the Nero-Vespasian period, iron-smelting was carried on just within the ramparts. Foundations, probably of barracks, are being uncovered and a stone-lined well has been cleared out. Several large flagons and other pottery, belonging exclusively to the close of the 3rd century, with coins of Tetricus and Carausius were found in it. YORKSHIRE.—Scarborough. Preparatory excavations have been made for the purpose of locating the site of the Roman coastguard fort. The mediaeval chapel in the castle yard has.beendug out and some traces of the fort have been found at a lower level than the chapel foundations, but further exploration is deferred until next year. Ireland. Mr. T. J. Westropp reports that the great anxiety and unrest in Ireland has told severely against all archaeological work, and that the few who devote themselves to the study of prehistoric matters and of earthworks have been able to accomplish very little; while the exorbitant cost of publication has been equally hurtful on the literary side. DESTRUCTION. The following cases of destruction have come to Mr. Westropp's notice:— COUNTY CijARE..-^-The removal for road-metal of half a Stone ringwall or cattle-bawn at Crossard, Inchiquin. COUNTY MAYO.—-The removal by turf-cutters of an early Tochairi "togher" or causeway, across Cloona-scarragh Bog: the destruction of a square earthwork used as a refuge by the people of Castlebar when the Crown forces retreated before the French in 1798 ; arid the rapid removal of a rath on the escar by sand-diggers. i5 . The Year's Work. The following notes on excavations and discoveries have been received by the Hon. Secretary:— I. PREHISTORIC. BERKSHIRE.—Bones of bison continue to be found in Brain's Pit at Newbury Station, but little else, and nothing that assists the dating of the gravel, which is the lowest in the Kennet Valley at this point. The pit is being carefully watched. A flint factory site between Thatcham and Newbury was excavated during September by Messrs. Crawford and Peake. The working floor was sealed up by a natural deposit of peaty soil and shell-marl about 2 feet thick. An account was read before the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia on March 29th, and will be published in their transactions. A bronze spear-head, found by a workman in the gravel-pit at Colthrop, Thatcham, was obtained from him by Dr. G. A, Simmons, and presented to the Newbury Museum. CAMBRIDGESHIRE.—An Early Iron age cemetery with inhumations has been found at Foxton (Cambs., 53, S.E.), about 250 yards due N. of the Railway Inn. The objects, which are at present in the keeping of Mr. Cyril Fox, Red Gables, Milton, Cambs., are of La Tene III. and IV. type. A cordoned vessel of barrel shape and a spear-head were found with one of the skeletons. The discovery was made during gravel-digging. Mr. Fox hopes to excavate it this year. (See also Antiquaries Journal, January, 1922, pp. 57, 58). CHESHIRE.—Polished stone celt found in Chester City by Professor Newstead, 1914. Fragments of a " Neolithic urn " found. (Professor Robert Newstead, Grosvenor Museum, Chester). CORNWALL.—Two bronze implements were found in making foundations for workmen's cottages at Biscovey, parish of St. Blazey, E. of St. Austell (Corn., Sheet51, N.W.), and were exhibited by Mr. Smallwood at a meeting of the Royal Institution of Cornwall on May 23rd, 1922. One other was found but lost again or stolen immediately afterwards. They are at present in the Truro Museum, where it is to be hoped they will find a permanent home. DORSET.—A bronze sword was found in the Backwater, Weymouth, during the construction of a new bridge. It was brought up in the " grab '"in compact gravel and mud from 4 feet below the present bed of the Backwater. It is now on loan in the Dorset County Museum. (Captain John E. Acland, Dorchester). A large number of Kimmeridge shale discs and flints have been found near Kimmeridge by the Rev. A. Joyce Watson, i6 Savernake Vicarage, Marlborough, who has observed near by the " foundations of huts constructed of Purbeck Stone, and. apparently occupied by the shale workers." These are exposed; at the edge of the cliff, and near by are " many discs together with pottery, bones (many of them sharpened), and a number of little flint tools, possibly used in turning, made by breaking a. flint flake transversely." GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—The Barnwell gravel-pit continues to. yield abundant remains. Mrs. Clifford, Barnwood Cottage,, Gloucester, reports discoveries of teeth and bones of mammoth,. Rhinoceros Tich., bison and ox, and Neolithic flint implements.. The objects are all in her possession. An implement from the same gravel-pit is illustrated in the Antiquaries Journal (Vol. i.,. p. 234), where it is described as "either of late Acheulian or early Mousterian age—probably the former." HAMPSHIRE.—A number of flint implements continue to befound in the Basingstoke District. The finds include flakes and implements of Palaeolithic Age from high altitudes, arrowheads both leaf-shaped and tanged, and a fine greenstone celt. An. illustrated account of some of these finds appears in the current number of the Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club (Vol.. ix., Pt. 2). A village of the Early Iron age on Worthy Down (Hants,. Sheet 41, N.W.), near Winchester has been excavated by Mr.. R. W. Hooley, F.G.S., Earlescroft, St. Giles' Hill, Winchester,. Hon. Curator of the Winchester Museum. Attention was first drawn to the site by the discovery there of about a dozen iron currency-bars (described and illustrated by Mr. Hooley in the- Antiquaries Journal, October, 1921). By means of tapping theground with the butt-end of a pick (and sometimes with an iron ram) a complete plan of the ditches and pits was made beforedigging commenced. A full account will be published in duecourse. During digging on the new housing-site on the S.W. outskirts, of Winchester, pottery bearing many resemblances to that found by Mr. and Mrs. Cunnington at All Cannings Cross, Wilts., was. discovered. Mr. Hooley succeeded in uncovering what he considered to be an oven containing many large pieces of a vessel. The objects will be placed in the Winchester Museum. It is hoped, to do some more digging on the site this summer. During August Mr. W. G. Wallace excavated the northernmost of the row of barrows which have somehow got marked upon the Ordnance Map (Hants, 86, N.E.) as Roman Watch- Towers. He found a cremated interment and a Bronze-age urn of the overhanging rim type which is now in the keeping of the Earl of Malmesbury, Heron Court, Christchurch. An account 17 will be pubhshed in the Transactions: of the Bournemouth Natural .Science Society. .- Barrows have been noted (i) in the fork between the junction of- the G.W.R. and L.S.W.R., S. of Winchester (Hants, 50, N.W.) (2) in Borough Field immediately S. of the point where,the L.S.W.R. crosses the Micheldever Valley, E. of and touching the railway embankment (Hants, 33, N.W.). The latter is ploughed nearly flat, but quite easily visible even from the train. Both are round, KENT.—An urnfield of the Early Iron age has been discovered near Swarling. Farm, Petham, and has been excavated by the "Society of Antiquaries (Kent, 46, S.W.). A full account will be published in due course. There are many points of resemblance 'to the Aylesford cemetery. (See Antiquaries Journal, Vol. i., P. 339)- MIDDLESEX.—Mr. Fred Turner, F.R.Hist. Soc, Librarian and Curator of the Brentford Public Library and Museum, writes : •' I have recently seen at least another dozen stakes or piles in the river-bed near the old' outlet of the Brent at ' Old England'; one of them—the best—has been drawn and placed in our Museum; it measures about seven feet, six feet of which was •embedded in the ground. It looked a perfect specimen when drawn up, but the drying process has resulted in the usual cracks." NORTHUMBERLAND.—Colonel E. R. B. Spain writes: " On February 14th, 1921, a siding on the N.E. Railway was being •cut through a field on Low Morralee Farm, on the Ridley Hall Estate (Northumberland, 93, N.W.). One side of the cutting fell in, and amongst the debris was found a cinerary urn containing two other vessels, and some burnt bones. One of these vessels is unique. About 6 feet W. from where the find was made, was found a burial by inhumation ; the body was lying N. and S., but details are not ascertainable. With it was a bronze knife, 31 inches long. The objects are in the possession of the Hon-. F. Bowes-Lyon, of Ridley Hall. (Proc. Soc. Ant., Newcastle-on- Tyne, 3 Ser., Vol. x., p. 29). In August, 1921, a cist was excavated by Mr. Bosanquet and his son in the parish of Rock. The site is the plantation known as Heiferlaw Plantation on the old edition (Sheet 27, S.W.)-, •and Ellsnook Wood on thenew edition (Sheet 29, N.W.). In the -cist was found a beaker.' The cist was in the top of a mound, and it is thought that it is not the primary interment. The mound is certainly partly artificial. Excavations are to be .resumed this summer. (Mr. R". C. Bosanquet, Rock Moor, Alnwick). ' ' The remains of an ancient burial-mound have also been found during the revision of Northumberland. It is situated .15 chains W. of Blawearie, parish of' Old Bewick, and i8 half-a-mile N.E. of the cup-and-ring marked rocks. Of the mound, or more properly the cairn, itself, little remains ; . but an outer surrounding circle of stones survives (diameter 33 feet). Inside this circle are smaller stones, the remains doubtless of the caim. The stones of the circle touch each other, and some of them lean outwards. (This feature is very often observed; it was produced originally by the pressure of the caim, for which it formed a kind of retaining wall). Inside are two cists placed side by side, with a-distance apart of about 2 feet. Each is formed of four stone slabs placed upright on their edges, and forming a rectangle, with a covering stone lying close by. Their direction is N.W. and S.E. ; they are 3 feet 6 inches long, 1 foot 6 inches broad and three feet deep. Depressions within the circle give the impression that other cists may have been- removed. (Sergeant Brennan, R.E., April, 1922). SOMERSET.—Mr.'H. St; George Gray reports as follows:— The illustrated report (with contoured plan and sections) on the Excavations at Murtry Hill, Orchardleigh Park, near Frome, September-October, 1920, by-Mr. H. St. George Gray, is published •in Pr'oc. Som. Arch. Soc, Vol. Ixvii. (1921), issued March, 1922. The site represented a chambered Long Barrow. The work was carried out under the auspices of the Somerset Earthworks Committee, and Dr. A. Bulleid was associated with Mr. Gray in this work. A stone (basalt ?) celt, ground, of Neolithic type was found by a man on July 6th, 1921, in a potato plot, 2 feet deep, in the parish of Babington, but close to the Highbury Methodist Chapel in Kilmersdon Parish. It is now in the Somerset County Museum. Small implements, cores and flakes of flint have been collected (1921) on Shapwick Heath, | of a mile S. of Shapwick Railway Station. Similar series are noted in Proc. Som. Arch. Soc, Vol. li„ Pt. i., p. 71, and Vol. lvi, Pt. i.,,p. 92. Flint implements of Neolithic type have been picked up by Mr. R. H. Fitzjames, of Clifton, on the surface in some quantities, (1) at Stanton Drew in a field about J of a mile from the Stone circles, (2) in a ploughed field E. of the camp at Charterhouseon- Mendip. After seven years' cessation (the result of the war) the •excavations at the Meare Lake Village, near Glastonbu^r, were resumed on August 29th, 1921, and were continued for three •weeks. The work, as previously, was under the direction of Dr. A. Bulleid and Mr. H. St. George Gray. The antiquities •discovered were numerous and interesting, and are now exhibited in the Somerset County Museum, but no full report upon the work has yet been issued. If funds permit it is not unlikely that the excavations will be continued next September, for not one-half of the Meare Lake Village has yet been explored. *9 Mr. E. K. Tratman reports as follows :—During 1921 the work commenced by the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society in 1919 in the caves of the Burrington district was continued. The results will be published in the second number of the Proceedings. The main result of the 1921 work has been the definite proof that an Upper Palaeolithic site exists at Aveline's Hole (" The Cave " on the O.S. map, Somerset, 18, N.W.) at the foot of Burrington Combe. Artefacts of bone and flint have been found • as well as numerous bones of birds, mammals and human beings of the period. Among the artefacts are a double-rowed sixbarbed harpoon of antler (found 1920), and a shell necklace (found in fragments in 1920-21). The material was removed by foot-layers. The Keltic Cavern (which has been renamed " Read's Cavern ") on the southern margin of Mendip Lodge Wood, only yielded a few additional objects of the Early Iron age. Owing to the wearing away by the elements of a large sandbank at Brean Down near Weston-super-Mare (Somerset, 16, N.W.), several portions of human skeletons and fragments of pottery have been exposed. The pottery is black and coarse, and without ornament. All the above objects are in the Museum of the Spelaeological Society, Bristol. SUSSEX.—The activities of the members of the Sussex Archaeological Society are mainly included in the report of the Earthworks Committee. The Society has recently taken up the survey of Sussex, and has been provided with the necessary maps. Dr. Eliot Curwen reports a disc-barrow on Cock Hill, S.E. of Harrow Hill, which proved not to be circular; and a very fine " Celtic road " running across the Brighton and Hove golf-links. Mr, Hadrian Allcroft reports the same disc-barrow, and a number of barrows in the Lewes district, " chiefly ' rings' and ' discs' found by Mr. H. S. Toms." WILTSHIRE.—The past year has seen a great deal of activity in Wiltshire. By far the most important event has been the continued excavation of the Iron age village at All Cannings Cross. The finds made bear out previous conclusions as to its age. Mr. and Mrs. Cunnington are preparing a full account of their work there. The excavations will be continued this year. The revision of the county by the O.S. has given a stimulus to field-work and many new discoveries have been made. Mr. Passmore has found a small circle of stones in a valley S. of East Kennett and several barrows, both long and round. He also superintended the work carried out recently at the Devil's Den in Clatford Bottom. This burial-chamber is now in no danger of falling, and it is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments Act. The Rev. H. G. 0, Kendall has pointed out the 2 0 sites of several antiquities not hitherto -recorded on the O.S. maps. With the aid of both published and unpublished drawings and plans of Avebury, Mr. Crawford has been able to discover the sites of many stones not previously located exactly. These will be marked on the new edition of the O.S. map. An account of the unpublished plans made by Stukeley about 1720 will be •delivered by Mr. Crawford at the annual meeting of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society at Swindon (July 31st, 1922). It will be fully reported in the Wiltshire Gazette (Devizes). These plans, the property of Mrs. St. John of Dinmore, Herefordshire, were not previously known to be in existence. An account of the work being done at Stonehenge will be found in the Antiquaries Journal for January, 1921 and 1922. A sarsen stone in Bowood Park deserves notice. It was originally discovered by the Earl of Kerry who identifies it with the Hoar-stone whose existence is indicated by old estate-maps. It is very unusual to find a sarsen stone resting directly upon the greensand, and its presence there may be due to human agency. Two other sarsens exist in the Park. The site of the Hoar-stone will be marked on the O.S. map. YORKSHIRE.—Mr. T. Sheppard, F.G.S., Editor, East Riding Antiquarian Society (Municipal Museum, Hull), reports that various stone and bronze implements have been found on the Yorkshire Wolds, and will be described in the Transactions, which he edits. They are in the Hull Museum. Mr. E. W. Crossley (Broad Carr, Holywell Green, near Halifax) reports, on behalf of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society, that a celt has been found on Rishworth Moor, S.W. of Halifax (W.R., Sheets 244 and 245). See Y.A.J., Vol. xxvi., p. 304. Mrs. Cunnington reports that a hoard of bronze implements was found at the end of 1921 or shortly afterwards near Ripon and is now in the Museum there. " It seems to consist of a dozen or more socketed celts, and a dagger or small bronze sword. The latter seems to be leaf-shaped, with flat handle and rivet-holes cast in one with the blade." ISLE OF MAN. Mr. P. M. C. Kermode reports as follows:—A polished stone axe-head, very badly weathered, 3 ^ inch long, with rounded sides, was found on the Mule Hill in the S. of the island in April, 1921, by Professor Sir W. A. Herdman, F.R.S., who presented it to the Manx Museum. A fairly good socketed bronze axe was turned up under the •shingle at Port Mooar on the E. coast in September, 1921, by Mr. Foulis when digging a bed for his boat. It measures 4 ^ inches long. One face is much worn, the other shows a decoration of 21 three ribs from a well-defined neck moulding, with indications of two other slight mouldings down the angles. It has been presented to the Manx Museum. CHANNEL ISLANDS. GUERNSEY.—Colonel de Guerin reports that rough Neolithic implements made of felsite, diorite, and granite have been found at the following sites :— i. Lancresse Common, Vale Parish, in sand-pit near Nid de l'Herbe Tower, and also about ioo yards N. of the " dolmen " of La Varde. The finds consist of flint implements and flakes of fragments of Neolithic pottery, some with incised patterns.- 2. Le Crocq Point, St. Saviour's Parish. Finds consist of a large celtiform implement of diorite in a midden with potsherds, baked clay, etc. 3. Jerbourg Point, St. Martin's ; objects found in surface, near Doyle's Column. The above were found by Mr. J. W. Sinel. The late M. Adolphus Collenette has in collaboration with Mr. Sinel found many stone implements and other objects. These are in the Guille-Alles Museum, Guernsey. JERSEY.—Mr. E. T. Nicolle, Soc. Jersiaise, 9 Pier Road, Jersey, reports that pit-dwellings have been found at He Agois, St. Mary's Parish. They are about 14 in number, between 12 and 14 feet in diameter and 3 feet deep. Only one has been examined up to the present. The objects found include charcoal, potsherds (one piece being 4 inches square and almost £ inch thick, and of coarse texture), and a fine barbed arrow-head of quartz. Further excavations will be made this year by the Sociele Jersiaise. A bronze knife, identical in form with. Evans' Fig. 261, has been found in a disused well in St. Brelade's Parish, and is at present in the possession of the proprietor. II. ROMANO-BRITISH. BERKSHIRE.—An iron wheel-tyre with remains of the wooden axle and spokes, the bones of a horse, and a human skull in a perfect condition were obtained by Dr. G. A. Simmons, Edgecumbe, Newbury, in the gravel-pit near the mills at Colthrop, Thatcham. The Roman road from Silchester to Speen passes within a few yards of the site, and the remains may, therefore, be of Roman date. Wooden piles are also to be observed all along the S. side of the pit, but their age is doubtful. CHESHIRE.—Excavations by Professor Newstead in the garden of No. 6, King's Buildings, Chester, near the N.W. corner of the City Walls, have revealed a well-defined stratum of relics of the period 81-117 A.D. The evidence of dating is taken 22 chiefly from the terra sigillata, of which the following shapes were noted:—decorated, 29, 37 (all transitional), 67 and 78 ; plain,. 15, 18 and 27. Potsherds of coarse pottery were abundant and a large number of different vessels (all early shapes) were represented, including some new types, and two pieces of clean glazed ware probably from the Holt kilns. Of glass vessels there were fragments of a ist century pillar-moulded bowl; a piece with oval facets cut with a wheel, window glass and pieces, of bottles with reeded handles; coins of Titus (one) and Domitian (one) were found. A full report will be read before the Chester and North Wales Archaeological Society, whose Secretary has kindly obtained these details for the Editor from Professor Newstead. DEVON.—A Roman dwelling has been found near Seaton, and a short note about it will be found in the Antiquaries Journal, ,Vol. i., p. 237, 8. GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—The finds from the Roman cemetery include a fine brooch and many pots. Owing to the casual nature of the finds, which are being made during gravel-digging, it has not been possible to record the associations of objects in graves. A report on the human remains is being prepared by Professor Sir Arthur Keith. (Mrs. Clifford, Barnwood Cottage, Gloucester,, where all the objects found are). A note on the finds appears in the Antiquaries Journal* .Vol. i., p. 236. A stone coffin was found in April " in the slope of the hill at Lower Slaughter, quite close to Buckle Street." It contained the skeleton of an adult male, about 5 feet 3|- inches high, in the prime of life. (See Antiquaries Journal, Vol. i., p. 340). About two hundred feet of the S. wall of Roman •Cirencester has been uncovered by Mrs. Cripps of that town. It was madeof rubble set in hard cement, but the facing of squared stones has been torn away throughout its length. The wall measures on an average from 10 to 11 feet in thickness without the facing. Two bastions were found, between which was a gate about 12 feet wide. It probably carried a single arch. The finds include much Samian, some pieces with leaden rivets, bronze fibulae, bone pins, and pottery. The excavations have been covered in. (Summarized from an account in the Wiltshire •Gazette, March 23rd, 1922). • HAMPSHIRE.—A good tesselated Roman pavement has been • discovered on the high ground above Longstock on Mr. Barker - Mill's property. It appears to belong to a large and important villa (Hants, 31,. S.E.). KENT.—Mr. Hubert Elgar reports as follows:—A bowl of gritted ware was found in excavating sand at.Boro-green, March, 1921 .(Kent, 30, S.W.). The site is near that where Romano- British graves were found in October, 1899. When found, the 23 a bowl stood on a large flint nodule, but it was broken in removal. It contained charcoal, and is now in the Maidstone Museum. A vessel of terra sigillata ware (Form 33, Dragendorff) was found in April, 1921, on the site of the Romano-British interment discovered at Sandling, Maidstone (Kent, 31, S.E.), in October, 1919. Height 5*5 inches, diameter of mouth 10-5 inches, of base 4-6 inches. It is now in the Maidstone Museum. Several Romano-British interments were discovered at Ospringe, near Faversham, in October, 1921 (Kent, 34, S.W.). The burials have been photographed in situ and excavated by Mr. W. Whiting, of Ospringe. The site is about 340 yards W. of the Roman cemetery discovered in 1920 and described by Mr. Whiting in Arch. Cantiana, Vol. xxxv. A short account was published in the Kentish Express, March 18th, 1922, and the original discovery is noted in the Antiquaries Journal, Vol. i., p. 141. A Romano-British interment was found in excavating gravel at Kennaway, near Ospringe, in April, 1921 (Kent, 34, S.W.). The find consisted of a cinerary urn containing burnt bones, a bulbous vessel, a one-handled flagon of brick-red ware, and a thin fragment of a vessel of black ware. (Mr. Whiting, Ospringe). SOMERSET.—Mr. H. St. George Gray reports as follows:— Lines of a Roman building were revealed by scorching, due to the 1921 drought, on the lawn at Drayton Vicarage (Somerset, 72, S.E.). Reference to the O.S. map shows that Roman coins and other objects have been found in two places a little to the W. of the Vicarage. (Proc. Som. Arch. Soc, Vol. Ixvii., p. Ixxviii.). The drought also revealed the existence of foundations in the modern cemetery on the. Bristol road, half-a-mile to the N.W. of the Church at Keynsham (Somerset, 7, N.W. and S.W.). Sherds Of pottery, pieces of flue-tiles and tesserae had been collected when graves had been dug. (Proc. S.A.S., Vol. Ixvii., pp. xxi and lxxv.). Several sherds of pottery were found in August, 1920, in digging a grave in the N.E. extension of the churchyard at Burrowbridge (Somerset, 62, S.W.).. This new burial-ground is the lower part of the slope of " Burrow Mump." The potsherds subsequently came into the possession of the County Museum. A few fragments of pottery were found by the Yeovil Volunteers in 1916, while digging trenches in a field adjoining, and to the N. of Two Tower Lane in • the parish of Barwick, near Yeovil (Somerset, 90, N.W.). They have recently found their way to the County Museum. Mr. Gerald J. Grey reports-.—Sir Alexander Lawrence, of Brockham End, Lansdown, Bath, has lately been excavating a Roman, site with some rough foundations of a building on his 24 property ; and he has in his possession a quantity of Roman pottery, etc., taken from the site. STAFFORDSHIRE.—In the course of excavations for newbuildings at " The Butts," Wall, Staffordshire, during September,. 1921, some Roman pottery and other remains were found. The following is an extract from a letter dated October 2nd, 1921, from Mr. R. J. K. Mott, of Wall House, Crowcombe, Taunton :— " The buildings that were uncovered in ' The Butts ' field at Wall were the Roman baths and a large villa. The latter was covered in again, and part of the former, but a small part of the baths remains uncovered, and a hypocaust is protected by an iron roof. All the finds were removed to a small Museum that I built in the village, where plans of the excavated buildings may be examined. I think it unlikely that there exist any more foundations of buildings in ' The Butts,' as trial trenches in various directions yielded no results. I found traces of walling in Castle Croft, but did not uncover much." The plan of the buildings has been incorporated on the 25 inch Ordnance Map (Staffs. 58, 6), and the correct name of the Roman town LETOCETUM has been inserted. WILTS.—The Rev. A. Joyce Watson, Savernake Vicarage,. Marlborough, writes, Nov. 7th, 1922 :—" A considerable length of the Roman road where it crosses Braydon Hook has been exposed by turf-cutting operations . . . . The causeway shows up. well with its large flints, as the surface has, of course, been completely peeled off . . . The discoverer has a horse-shoe which hefound, and there are numerous fragments of rough tile and brick among the flints." YORKSHIRE.-—Mr. Sheppard reports the discovery of a Roman skeleton with iron bracelet and large bone beads, pottery, and otherremains in a trench at Middleton-on-the-Wolds (Yorks., Sheets 177 and 178, Hull Museum). Mr. Crossley reports that the excavation of the Roman fort at Ilkley was continued for the third year, and completed during 1921 (Yorks., W.R., 169, S.W.); and that excavations to locate the Roman coast-guard fort.in Scarborough Castle yard were begun. Traces of the fort were found, but the exploration has not yet beea completed. (Yorks., N.R., Sheet 78). III. POST-ROMAN. BEDFORDSHIRE—EATON SOCON.—Mr. Beauchamp Wadmore,. 10, Kimbolton Avenue, Bedford, reports that fragments of pottery are being found in the rabbit scrapes on the earthworks of " The- Hillings " (Castle Mound and Bailey). These will be submitted to Dr. T. D. Pryce and Professor Stenton. DURHAM.—In the Antiquaries Journal for April, 1922, Vol. ii., pp. 141-3, is an account of further discoveries made in the 25 Saxon cemetery at Hartlepool in October, 1921. The finds •consisted of skeletons and a flat pillow-stone (not sculptured). The skeletons have been reburied in St. Hilda's Churchyard. The Rev. Bertram Jones, Rector of Hartlepool, concludes: " The knowledge gained from these discoveries proves that the Hartlepool Saxon cemetery, which was first discovered in 1833, is of considerable extent, and certainly stretches from Baptist Street to St. Hilda Street, and possibly even farther." When the cemetery was first discovered a number of tombstones or pillow-stones with crosses sculptured on them were found. Of these, only seven complete stones have been preserved. Four of them are in the British Museum, two in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and one is in the Cathedral Library at Durham. (V.C.H. Durham, Vol. i., p. 212. Three of these in the British Museum are figured in the plate opposite p. 212). HAMPSHIRE.—An eleventh-century cross-base with sculptured designs has been found at Winchester by Colonel Sir Charles Close, Director-General of the Ordnance Survey. The stone stands at present in the garden of Lieut.-General Sir Edward Altham, and is believed to have been taken there many years ago from the churchyard of St. Faith, which is only a hundred yards distant. A full account with drawings appears in the current number of the Hampshire Field Club Proceedings. SOMERSET.—Mr. H. St. George Gray reports as follows:— The summer of 1921 has been remarkable for the discovery at Glastonbury Abbey of the site of the monument mentioned by John of Glaston as having been erected to the N. of the Ecclesia Vetusta to record by a line drawn S. its ancient eastward termination. On exploring the ground southward the foundations of Norman walling were discovered lying alongside St. Mary's Chapel to the N., and suggestive of a former stone encasement •of the Ecclesia Vetusta, as hinted by James Parker, on the precedent of York. Considerable remains of the N. wall of the N. transept have also been brought to light, together with many relics of fine tabernacle-work and encaustic tiling. These •excavations are being carried on, as for several seasons past, under the direction of the Somersetshire Archaeological Society, with the permission of the Abbey Trustees. SURREY.—The workmen employed on making a new motorroad from Thornton Heath to Purley in the Spring of 1921, disturbed a human skeleton in widening Edgehill Road, Russell Hill, in Croydon parish, and further work revealed the remainder of the skeleton with a bronze buckle and iron knife. These are considered by Mr. Reginald Smith, F.S.A., to be Anglo-Saxon, dating from the early 6th Qentury. Human remains are reported to have been discovered many years ago in the immediate 26 neighbourhood during road-making, but no proper investigation was made at the time. Exact details of the present interment cannot be obtained, but the position of the body was probably north to south. SUSSEX.—In the Antiquaries Journal, Vol. i., p. 236, is a short note on new discoveries in the Saxon cemetery at Eastbourne, described first in Sussex Archeeological Collections, Vol. Iii. It is said that the cemetery probably belongs to the sixth century. YORKSHIRE.—Mr. Crossley reports that foundations of a mediaeval chapel in Scarborough Castle yard were uncovered and planned. (Yorks. N.R., Sheet 78). One hundred and twentytwo coins (Charles II. to George III.) were found at Bridlington (Yorks. E.R., Sheet 146) on the site of an ancient dwelling-house. Sixty-one were of gold, the rest silver. Anglo-Saxon burials were discovered at Clifford (Yorks. W.R., 189, S.E.). ISLE OF MAN. The Rev. Canon Quine has collected, at, Lonan Parish Church, a number of rude unhewn stones bearing artificial markings or grooves made for some definite purpose ; some of these, which suggest an early script are said not hitherto to have been met with in the British Isles. The examples collected are from neighbouring sites, and are associated with traces of earthworks. Other examples have been found (and in many cases copied) and recorded on the Ordnance Maps, in eight out of the nine eastern parishes, and in three out of the eight western parishes of the island. They occur at heights of between 350 and 700 feet, and seem associated with human settlements on the dry ridges or spurs at right angles to the mountain range of the island. They are generally weathered blocks of trap-rock, roughly polygonal in form, and measure from two to four feet in length. All natural causes such as ice-grooving, plough-marks, etc., have been considered; but the marks are said to be of such a character as not to be accounted for by these explanations. Wales. I. PREHISTORIC. Dr. R. E. M. Wheeler, of the National Museum of Wales, •Cardiff, reports as follows:— BRECKNOCKSHIRE.—A long-cairn at Pen-y-Wyrlod, threequarters- of-a-mile E. of Llanigon was excavated by the Woolhope Club. The megalithic cist (without entrance-passage) at the E. end yielded the remains of twelve persons, animal bones, two potsherds and some flint flakes. A smaller chamber at the 27' W. end contained charcoal, and in the mound were glass beads and a coin of Crispus. (Western Mail, September 5th, 1921 ; Arch. Camb., 1921, pp. 296-9 ; Man, 1922, 6). Cairns, one round and two long on Ffostill Farm, near Talgarth, were partially excavated by Messrs. C. E. Vulliamy and A. F. Gwynne. One of the long-cairns, 108 feet long and 68 feet wide at the E. end, contained an eastern chamber, 11 feet by 4 feet, without entrance passage. In the chamber were remains of at least eight persons, including a cranium of dolichocephalic type. With the bones were three pieces of worked flint, one " cracked by fire." (Western Mail, Nov. 29th, 1921 ; Arch. Camb. 1921, pp. 300-5). CARNARVONSHIRE.—The Graig Lwyd stone-axe " factory," on the N.E. slopes of PenmaenmaWr, was further explored. A hearth was found and several implements, similar to those recovered during the previous excavations, described by Mr. S. Hazzledine Warren in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Inst., Vol. xlix., pp. 342-65, and Vol. li., pp. 165-99. Hut-circles and enclosures at Rhostryfan, 3% miles S. of Carnarvon, were partially excavated by Mr. Howel Williams. Glass beads, iron slag, and a piece of bronze with late Celtic repousse ornament, were found. DENBIGHSHIRE.—At Rug, near Corwen, a castle-mound, built over a Bronze-age barrow, has been further explored by Mr. Willoughby Gardner, F.S.A. FLINTSHIRE.—A round barrow in Ffrith-y-Garreg Wen, about i£ miles S.S.W. of Whitford, was excavated by Mr. Howel Williams. It contained several interments, and the finds included a small pierced whetstone and a cinerary urn containing a bronze knife. (Arch. Camb. 1921, pp. 265-89). GLAMORGANSHIRE.—Barrows and cairns, explored by the National Museum of Wales on Murgam Mountain, included a large round barrow, known as the Twmpath Diwlith, which had originally been built of turves and had later been enlarged with earth. The primary interment consisted of fragmentary burnt bones in a rough cist; the secondary interment had been rifled. MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—A hoard of about thirty flint arrowheads, mostly barbed and tanged together with a number of roughly worked flint flakes, has been found in the peat near Llyn Bugeilyn, midway between .Machynlleth and Llanidloes. II. ROMANO-BRITISH. ' CARNARVONSHIRE.—The excavation of Segontium, the Roman site at Carnarvon, was resumed by the Segontium Excavation Committee. The ramparts of the main fort, a corner turret, the N.W. gateway, and parts of two internal buildings, were examined. The evidence suggests three main periods of occupation:—(1) 28 c. 80-120, (II.) c. 200-220, and (III.) c. 250-380. (Arch. Camb. 1921, pp. 170-204. A small earthwork, about 90 feet square, was discovered i£ miles N.N.E. of Carnarvon, near the cottage " Bryn Glas." Trenches showed that the work was of c. 100 A.D. and apparently unfinished. In the " hill-fort " of Braich-y-Ddinas, Penmaenmawr, excavations were resumed by Mr. H. Harold Hughes, F.S.A. Several stone hut-circles were cleared, and the finds included two Kimmeridge shale bracelets, a Romano-British silver snake-bracelet, and apparent traces of lead-working. MONMOUTHSHIRE.—Roman pottery, including 2nd century Samian and a 2nd brass of Faustina the Younger, were found, apparently in association with foundations during the laying of a sewer, half-mile S. of Church Road Station, Machen. This is the first record of Roman remains in the district. III. MISCELLANEOUS. GLAMORGANSHIRE.—Hut-circles and cattle-enclosures on the 1,500 feet contour-line, 1J miles N. of Blaenrhondda, were partially excavated by the Rhondda Naturalists Society, but the finds— leather and iron slag—were inconclusive. Scotland. Mr. J. G. Callander, Director of the National Museum of Antiquities, Queen Street, Edinburgh, reports as follows :— The excavations on the hill fort on Traprain Law, East Lothian, were continued last summer (1921) by the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the results, both in the discovery of structures and of relics, being most satisfactory. In the four previous seasons devoted to the examination of the site, four distinct levels of occupation, dating from the end of the first century of this era to the beginning of the fifth, had been recognised, and it was considered that the fort had been inhabited intermittently. No evidence of earlier sites of habitations had been detected, though the discoveries of a few Bronze age relics, from time to time, and of a burial deposit of four cinerary urns and one incense cup urn indicated that the hill had been" visited by people of that period. Last summer, however, four other occupational levels were identified, indicating that probably the hill was continuously inhabited at least during the first few centuries-of this era, also that there had been settlements during the late Bronze age and early Iron age. On every level rude stone foundations of oval enclosures and of hut-circles were encountered, and paved areas and hearths of rectangular and oval form were laid bare. Passing through the 29 occupied area was an ancient roadway with walled sides in places, showing the ruts made by wheeled vehicles and a central hollow made by the feet of the animals which dragged them. As in previous years, a rich harvest of relics, which included some types of objects never before found in Scotland, was secured. Three socketed axes, three pins and a razor, all of bronze, were found within a very restricted area ; the razor was of crescentic form, with a ring at one end of the back and a perforation near the other, and resembled a continental more than a native type. A number of fragments of clay moulds for casting bronze swords and axes, a spear-head with lunette openings in the blade, and other objects were also recovered—the sword moulds had been reinforced by a metal rod running longitudinally through the clay. Belonging to late Celtic times was a socketed and looped axe of iron and a handsome bronze pin with a massive head projecting from one side of the top of the stem. Amongst the other relics found were a considerable nuinber of fragments of armlets of jet and parti-coloured glass ; of bronze there were four harp-shaped fibulae, two of dragonesque form, and two of penannular shape with bulbous ends ; examples of finger rings, dress fasteners, two pins with the projecting ring-heads formed of six pellets, and a waster or unfinished casting of another, two terret rings, one enamelled, several looped studs, and a bronze girdle ring of Scandinavian type. A very small spoon-like object of silver, with perforated bowl and loop at the end of the handle for suspension, belongs to a class of relic occasionally found in the North of France and in different parts of central Europe. Iron objects included two small sickles, a spear-head with midrib and open socket, the point of a sword blade, and a hoe. Stone objects consisted chiefly of whetstones and whorls, but there were several hammerstones, four stone axes, a few small balls, possibly used as sling stones, a broken leaf-shaped arrow-head, another of lop-sided form, a number of scrapers of flint, and two small conical objects of coprolite shaped like a spinning top. Fragments of Samian ware and of other kinds of Roman pottery, including the greater part of a mortarium, were recovered, as also a considerable quantity of sherds of very coarse hand-made native pottery. Eight Roman coins were found; they consisted of i Nero, 2 Antoninus Pius, 1 Trajan, 1 probably Gallienus, 2 Carausius, and a fourth century coin unidentified. It is intended to resume the excavation of the site during the coming summer. H.M. Office of Works have carried, out excavations at the abbeys of Melrose, Dryburgh, Jedburgh, Culross and Crosraguel, Restennet_ Priory, and at Castle Urquhart and Burleigh Castle. The most interesting discoveries in the matter of relics were a leaden casket of conical form containing a human heart, another 30 vessel of lead of somewhat similar shape, and a third of the same material rather larger than and shaped like a band-box which were found at Melrose, and two corroded masses of iron arrowheads found at Castle Urquhart. Ireland. Mr. E- C. R. Armstrong, of the National Museum, Dublin, reports as follows :— The year, 1921, was not productive of important archaeological results in Ireland. To organise excavations was impossible owing to the disturbed state of the country. With the exception of the discovery of coins at Abbeyland, Navan, County Meath (See Antiquaries Journal, Vol. i., p. 341) no finds of interest were reported. Professor A. Francis Dixon, of Dublin University, has communicated particulars of a small unpublished " dig" which, with the assistance of Mr. Arthur W. Bretland, Chief Engineer of the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland, he was able to carry through at Lecarrow, County Roscommon. Here a small stone circle was opened up in extending the quarry to the N. side of the Railway. The circle consisted of small loose stones with one stone about 2 feet long set on end in the middle. Beneath the central stone the skeleton of a young adult man was found. This individual was powerfully built; but the bones were unfortunately broken into small pieces before they were examined carefully. At a letter date two small urns of Bronze age date were discovered near the N. edge of the circle. These had been placed on the lime stone rock just four feet below the surface. With the urns was a large collection of burnt human bones representing portions of, at least, four individuals. The burnt fragments represented much smaller individuals than the skeleton found in the middle of the circle. It is believed that the latter belonged to a later period. 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Royal Archseological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. G. D. Hardinge- Tyler, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., 19, Bloomsbury Square, W.C.i. British Archseological Association. Frank Lambert, Esq., M.A., " Areguipa," Grove Hill, S. Woodford, E.18. British Record Society, Ltd. Thomas Blagg, Esq., F.S.A., 120, Chancery Lane, W.C.2. Selborne Society (Antiquities Section). W. M. Webb, Esq., F.L.S., The Hermitage, Han well, W.7 Society of Genealogists of London. Mrs. Rowan, 5, Bloomsbury Square, W.C.I; Berkshire Archseological and Architectural Society. Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, M.A., F.S.A., Barkham Rectory, Wokingham. Birmingham and Midland Institute (Archseological Section). H. M. Francis, Esq., Midland Institute, Birmingham. Bristol and Gloucestershire Archseological Society. Roland Austin, Esq., 38, Brunswick Road, Gloucester. Buckingham, Architectural and Archseological Society for the County of. W. Bradbrook, Esq., F.R.C.S., Bletchley. Cambridge Antiquarian Society. F. J. Allen, Esq., M.D., 8, Halifax Road, Cambridge. Cambs. and Hunts. Archseological Society. Rev. John Griffin, Wood Walton Rectory, near Peterborough. Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society and Field Club. George Eyre Evans, ' Esq., Ty Tringad, Aberystwyth. Chester & North Wales Archseological and Historical Society. Rev. R. A. Thomas, O.B.E., M.A., The College, Chester. 34 Cornwall, Royal Institution of. G. Penrose, Esq., Museum, Truro. Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archseological Society. Edward Wilson, Esq., Airethwaite, Kendal. Derbyshire Archseological and Natural History Society. Percy H. Currey Esq., F.R.I.B.A., 3, Market Place, Derby. Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club. Rev. Herbert Pentin, M.A., St. Peter's Vicarage, Portland. Essex Archseological Society. Rev. T. H. Curling, Halstead Vicarage, Essex. Hampshire Field Club and Archseological Society. W. Dale, Esq., F.S.A., F.G.S., St. Margaret's, Oakmount Avenue, Southampton. East Herts, Archseological Society. R. T. Andrews, Esq., 18, Bull Plain, Hertford. Kent Archseological Society. Richard Cooke, Esq., The Croft, Detling, Maidstone. Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society. G. R. Axon, Esq., 184, Hamilton Road, Longsight, Manchester. Lancashire and Cheshire, Historic Society of. Philip Nelson, Esq., M.D., F.S.A., Beechwood, Caldeistones, Liverpool. Leicestershire Architectural and Archseological Society. Major Freer, V.D., D.L., F.S.A., The Stonygate, Leicester. Newcastle-on-Tyne, The Society of Antiquaries of. Robert Blair, Esq., F.S.A., Harton Lodge, South Shields. Norfolk and Norwich Archseological Society. Fredk. Johnson, Esq., 8, Theatre Street, Norwich. Oxford Architectural and Historical Society. Miss M. V. Taylor, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Prehistoric Society of East Anglia. Guy Maynard, Esq., The Museum, Ipswich. Shropshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. A. E. Cooper, Esq., 42, St. John's Hill, Shrewsbury. Somersetshire Archseological and Natural History Society. H. St. George Gray, Esq., The Castle House, Taunton, Somerset. Suffolk Institute of Archseology. The Rev. H. A. Harris, Thorndon Rectory, Eye, Suffolk. Surrey Archseological Society. Hilary Jenkinson, Esq., F.S.A., 29, Cheyne Row, Chelsea, S.W.3. Sussex Archaeological Society. W. E. Nicholson, Esq., Barbican House, High Street, Lewes. Thoroton Society. George Fellows, Esq., Barrow-on-Soar, Loughborough. Wales, National Museum of. Dr. W. Evans Hoyle (Director). Wiltshire Archseological and Natural History Society. Rev. E. H. Goddard, M.A., Clyffe Vicarage, Swindon. Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club (Hereford). W. R. Scobie, Esq., 2, Offa Street, Hereford. Yorkshire Archseological Society. E, W. Crossley, Esq., Broad Carr, Holywell Green, Halifax. Yorkshire East Riding Antiquarian Society. Rev. Canon Cooper, M.A., Filey Vicarage, Filey.