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XIV.—The Island of Ictis.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2011

Clement Reid
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Abstract

So much has already been published about the ancient trade with Britain for tin, and the accounts given by Diodorus Siculus and Cæsar have so often been discussed, that it would appear as if no further evidence were obtainable. It has seemed also as if there were unfortunate contradictions between the classical authorities, which made their statements untrustworthy, or at any rate too vague and too little exact to be of value.

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Archaeologia , Volume 59 , Issue 2 , 1905 , pp. 281 - 288
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1905

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page 281 note a Folklore, i. 82 (1890).Google ScholarPubMed

page 286 note a Geologist, v. 452.

page 286 note b Presidential Address, Proceedings of the Geological Society, vol. xxxi. p. lxxi. See also Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain, 2nd edition, 1897.Google Scholar

page 286 note c Geology of the Isle of Wight, 2nd edition, chap, xv.Google ScholarPubMed

page 286 note d Geology of Ringwood, 1901, chap. viii.Google Scholar

page 288 note a The coast line is that calculated for about the year 100 B.C. The present coast is marked by broken lines; but on the north side of the Solent wide mud-flats are found, and the high-water and low-water lines are now far apart. The coast was cut back and the limestone removed, but afterwards this loss of land was partly made good by the accumulation of mud.