At the present time, when the old classification of Prehistoric implements is being considerably modified, and superficial “floors,” “stations,” and surface finds are no longer collectively referred to the Neolithic period, it will be of interest to record a site which has never been described, and which I shall hope to show in the present paper contains a number of forms which correspond with those of cave sites and which, moreover, have not hitherto been found on a Neolithic one. At the end of this paper some reasons are given in support of the above conclusions.

I have known Nettlebed for about 15 years, and for more than half that time the Common was a waste. Now a large portion of it, over which presumably the “floor” extended, is levelled for a recreation-ground. It will always be a matter of regret to me that it was only in 1913 I happened to examine the pit, as no doubt a large number of implements are permanently buried beneath the recreation-ground. The large sand-pit is some 300 yards in length. On the talus of this I picked up in 1913 a number of fresh-looking flakes with such sharp edges that I thought at first they were recent.