. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. A GLASS HOUSE AT NAILS WORTH. 9* charcoal, fragments obviously belonging to stone crucibles,bits of dingy green and brown glass, full of blebs (bubbles),clay-pipes and bowls, and pestles (for powders) and alsowith part of a ladle and a good deal of slag. Along theouter edge of the north-west side of the platform wefound an ancient pitched path, which, however, gaveout after nine feet of it had been exposed, and we didnot pick this up again. The foundations proved tohave been partly torn up. This had the effect of reveali
. Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. A GLASS HOUSE AT NAILS WORTH. 9* charcoal, fragments obviously belonging to stone crucibles,bits of dingy green and brown glass, full of blebs (bubbles),clay-pipes and bowls, and pestles (for powders) and alsowith part of a ladle and a good deal of slag. Along theouter edge of the north-west side of the platform wefound an ancient pitched path, which, however, gaveout after nine feet of it had been exposed, and we didnot pick this up again. The foundations proved tohave been partly torn up. This had the effect of revealingthat the little ridge upon which we then stood was formedby remains of a buttress wall two feet in height, markingthe limit of the former platform. Things thus werebecoming quite clear. The eastern side of the platform ended in a dry naturalrunnel or fosse, having a high further bank topped by ahedge. Following this up for about 40 feet, we reachedan upper bank or limit, still attaining some 3 feet in height. Having thus traced out the lines of this oblong plat-form,
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