Surrey archaeological collections . er. The iron which had beenbleached out was redeposited in seams of oxide, in the sandimmediately below. The surface of the sand below the large flints had practicallythe same curve as the road surface, viz. a rise of 7 inches fromthe sides to the centre, and as a check a hole made 14 feet toone side of the road, showed the natural subsoil to be only16 inches down, whereas below the crown of the roadway itwas 22 inches from the grass, thus it appeared as if the roadhad actually been laid in a slight cutting with the bottomcut out to the appropriate curve. On
Surrey archaeological collections . er. The iron which had beenbleached out was redeposited in seams of oxide, in the sandimmediately below. The surface of the sand below the large flints had practicallythe same curve as the road surface, viz. a rise of 7 inches fromthe sides to the centre, and as a check a hole made 14 feet toone side of the road, showed the natural subsoil to be only16 inches down, whereas below the crown of the roadway itwas 22 inches from the grass, thus it appeared as if the roadhad actually been laid in a slight cutting with the bottomcut out to the appropriate curve. On this was spread a layerof brushwood or some vegetable matter, to be covered by theflints and gravel. The yellow gravel itself showed a thinwhite layer at the base as if it had been laid on somevegetation. There may have been ditches at the side, but the sandyfilling was not easy to distinguish from the natural subsoil. PLATE X •.? • JtawpxJtuirTit? ._. • Jvka / vi- *-»\ I • \ V , r. , Itia-riuibatimtpun j •.
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