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the earth is under the ploughed-over surface layer, intact.
no. 4no. 5.no. 6A double-conical stone button 2.20, w. 1.15, d. 0.35, is of the common geometric type. There begin to be small finds all over the area: 12.10, w. 0.50, d. 0.90, a small bronze coin, and 4.90, w. 0.25, d. 0.60, a circular bronze disc diam. 14.7, possibly a mirror or a lid.
The first metres are extraordinarily rich in bronze fragments, which lie in a complete deposit at 3.25 - 3.75 depth 0.30 - 0.50. The earth from this section is sieved.
no. 7.no. 8later Hellenistic or Roman sherds are absent, likewise glass, which may be considered a good sign. In the earth from the sieve there comes a small bronze ring with fitting diam 1.4 and 20.80, v. 0.70, dj. 0.85 a coin
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain