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Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
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on the other side of the slope or pathway previously referredto, about 100 feet distant. There are, however, still further proofs of early occupation,for during city drainage operations on the summit of CastleMill Street, in St. Peters parish, a portion of a pierced antlerof the red deer was found, together with charred animalremains. And elsewhere, on the sloping bank of the Froom,,from deep excavations, the following additional most inter-esting traces of the pre-historic iron age have been discovered during the year— (a) A remarkably good specimen of a pointed and polished bone needle,^ 7^ inches long. (Plate I., Fig. i.) (h) A portion of a fine bone needle. (Plate I., Fig. 2.) (c) A bone borer, point broken. (Plate I., Fig. 3.) (d) A portion of a red deers antler, showing undoubted signs of sawing.^ (Plate I., Fig. 4.) 1 Lydekker (Richard, B.A., F.R.S.), British Mammalia, London, 1896,.p. 250. ^ See Transactions, vol. xxiii., p. 270. 3 See also Transactions, vol. xxiii., p. 270.
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Bristol Arch^ological Notes for 1902. 141 (e) A stone spindle whorl.^ (Plate II., Fig. i.) (/) Three pottery spindle whorls.^ (Plate II., Figs. 2, 3, 4.)These four whorls and/) are the only specimensyet recovered from excavations in Bristol. (g) A small schist hone,^ with hole drilled at end for suspension. Much worn. (Plate II., Fig. 5.) (h) The lower portion of a hone, showing much wear, and having a groove down the centre from theapplication of an iron tool. (Plate II., Fig. 6.) Though considerable building operations have beencarried on during 1902, apart from those referred to, withinthe old city area, no finds of any importance have resulted,for no great depths have been investigated for foundations. The following discoveries of a miscellaneous characterwill doubtless be of some mterest to members:— During somewhat deep and heavy digging in the alluvialdeposit at the Broad Quay, on the land adjoining AlderskyLane, it was rumoured at the end of October that theworkmen had cut t

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