deep, the black deposit began and continued to the bottom. The pit was very full of twigs.
Finds. Portion of a dish of Terra Sigillata, with the incomplete stamp VITVS FEC. A small dish (Type, Dragendorff 22), (Plate XLI., Fig. 10). Necks of two amphorae, fragments of bluish white glass and portion of a pillar moulded-cup of amber-coloured glass. A spear-head, the head of a ballista bolt, an iron loop. Animal bones, skulls of horses, the leg bone of a crane, shells of oysters and mussels.
Cleared out October, 1905.
PIT VIII. Diameter at surface 5 feet by 3 feet 8 inches; at bottom 2 feet. Depth 11 feet 6 inches. Barrack Block V. Praetentura.
Finds. A blue paste button or counter and a corroded bronze object) probably a ring fibula.
PIT IX. Rectangular in shape. Length 17 feet. Width 6 feet. Depth 9 feet. This pit lay partly beneath the east wall of the Storehouse, Block XIV. It was completely filled with rough gravel, stones, and clay, with a small quantity of black deposit at the bottom.
Finds. A well-preserved leaf of the bracken, and a beaker urn of coarse orange-red ware (Plate XLIX. (A), Fig. 4).
Cleared out 18 June, 1906.
PIT X. Diameter at surface 8 feet; at bottom 4 feet. Depth 19 feet. On east side of the Via Quintana, north of the Storehouse, Block XVI. The pit filled with water very rapidly.
Finds. A number of fragments of wooden boarding and pieces of hazel. At 14 feet, three pieces of a quern of Niedermendig lava, two small spear heads, a large copper kettle inscribed )SA, with portions of its iron handle (Plate LIII., Fig. 4). A mortarium (Plate XLIX. (A), Fig. 6), and a complete quern of Niedermendig lava, with its iron spindle (Plate XVII., Fig. 10). Pieces of an amphora (Plate LII., Fig. I).
Cleared out 6 August, 1906.
PIT XI. A small pit, 4 feet deep from present surface, or 3 feet from level of last occupation. Just outside the east wall of the Hall in front of the Principia. At the bottom the earth was very black and contained fragments of bone.
Finds. A cooking pot of reddish-brown ware (Plate XLIX. (A), Fig. 5), and a saucer, or flat platter, externally of a greyish yellow but coloured red inside (Plate L. (B), Fig. 8).
Cleared out 1 October, 1906.
PIT XII. Diameter at surface 4 feet. Depth 4 feet. Under the Via Quintana, on a line with south wall of Block XVI.
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