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Rh The group of implements from the upper strata is, on the whole, of the same general type as that of the Robin-Hood Cave, although no fragments of the elaborately chipped "lance-heads" of the "type de Solutré" were discovered, nor any implements of the St.-Acheul or Moustier forms.

The remains of the associated animals, as compared with those of the Robin-Hood Cave, present no points of difference which are worthy of special notice.

The works of art and the remains of the animals in the superficial stratum at the entrance, and above the stalagmite in the cave, are of the same general order as those which have been mentioned from the Robin-Hood Cave; but no fragments of prehistoric pottery were met with. They consist of the following:—

1. A large, plain, harp-shaped fibula of bronze, quite perfect, found at the entrance.

2. A bone awl.

3. A square polished bone, like a die cut in half, ornamented with circles on all sides but one.

4. Numerous fragments of grey lathe-turned Romano-British ware.

5. A fragment of a whetstone.

6. A black flint strike-a-light.

7. A calcaneum of an adult, and three vertebræ of a child. The first of these was found outside the entrance, associated with the bronze brooch above mentioned and a fragment of coarse pottery. Close by were burnt stones and charcoal, and fragments of broken and cut bones, which proved the position of the hearths during the time of the Romano-British occupation of the cave.

A fragment of glazed mediæval(?) ware and a silver coin, which Mr. Evans has been kind enough to identify as probably of Henry 1st, demand no further notice.

The following animals occurred in the superficial deposit above the stalagmite:—