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Title: Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. cn
Subjects: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society
Publisher: Bristol, Eng. : The Society
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ng as follows : — 1. The base of an antler belongs to a young red deer (Cervus Elaphus), with marks of chopping, and Ithink of sawing. These were done with a metaledge, probably of iron or steel. 2. The horn cores of sheep are also cut. 3. The tusks may either belong to domestic hog, or the wild boar.^. The antler tips, used for handles, are also sawn offby a metal saw, probably of iron. 5. The holes in the two bone needles are drilled with a metal drill. 6. The whetstone, however, has been drilled by the rotation of a spindle used along with sand. Professor Boyd-Dawkins further says the whole groupis very interesting, and may belong, at earliest, to the PRE-HISTORIC iron AGE. These objects were found at the Pithay, on what wasundoubtedly the sloping bank of the Peninsula, the ancientsite upon which the old City was built, below which flowedthe river Frome, and had evidently been deposited there byman of that early period of time. On the 5th April the site of the 17th century tavern
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PREHISTORIC REMAINS FOUND IN THE PITHAY. Bristol Arch^ological Notes for igoo. 271 known as the Cat and Wheel,—historic ground in CastleGreen, upon the site of Bristol Castle,—was submitted topublic competition and sold. On the 23rd July the destructionof the house was commenced,^ and within about two weeksthe quaint old timbered dwelling was completely demolished.It may be interesting to mention, and possibly suggestive toother Antiquarian Societies, that our member, Mr. Tryon(Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Corporation),has arranged for a clause^ to be inserted in the conditions ofall future sales of Corporation properties, as in this instance,claiming all old timber carving and all coins andarticles of antiquity on behalf of the city. It was full timethat this precaution was adopted, for many interesting localobjects of antiquity have been lost to this ancient city,notably the Mediaeval Tiles discovered in 1894,^ beneath the White Lion Inn, at the corner of Bridewell S

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