The Grime's Graves Excavations, 1914

• Published in: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1916
• Subjects: General Medicine; Buttress; Dewey; Ochre; Natterer's bat
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0958841800023656; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0958841800023656

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.”