More information : In a meadow adjoining CHRISTIAN FIELDS,
known by the name of the TOAD'S HOLE PIECE, have been recently
found a considerable quantity of human bones, various pieces
of earthenware, some of which are Roman, a stone bowl or dish
perhaps used for grinding corn, a stone ball, fragments of weapons
including the head of a pike or halberd and several horseshoes
pierced for nails at the top as well as the sides. The objects
were discovered nearly four feet below the surface in a peaty
soil, amongst and covered by great quantities of roots and
decaying branches.
[Illustration shows parts of an inscribed mortarium, a dish and
jar and the 'halberd'.] (1)
The finds were made in 1804, 1811 and 1816. Toad's Hole piece is
near Pores Mill. (2)
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