The Grime's Graves Excavations, 1914

Extract

Since the publication of the “Report on the Excavations at Grime's Graves, Weeting, Norfolk,” the following additional information has been received.

Dr. Knud Andersen has identified the following bones:—Pit I., Layer 4, Natterer's Bat, Whiskered Bat. Pit II., Layer 6, Natterer's Bat, Whiskered Bat, Common Shrew (Sorex araneus). The last-named had not previously been noted at the Graves.

Mr. Henry Dewey, F.G.S., examined some pellets found in a pocket in the sand, 2 ft. from the west buttress of No. 6 Gallery and 2 ft. above the floor in Pit II. Many similar nodules were found during the excavations. He says:—“They consist of a mixture of chalk and hydrated-oxide of iron, which have probably arisen as the result of weathering of iron pyrites nodules. When boiled in dilute hydrochloric acid a solution of ferric-chloride results, pointing to the presence of iron in the pellets. The substance gives a brownish-red streak, and could of course be used as red ochre.”