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Two years ago some marks were discovered at the entrances of galleries in one of the pits at Cissbury, which appeared to have been scratched on the chalk with a flint instrument. They were suspiciously like figures or masons' marks, but yet had all the tints of age, and resembled more or less early letters.1 The little woodcuts 16.11 represent the forms with sufficient exactness Other marks found shortly afterwards in a second pit were thought to be merely a trellis pattern. In attempting to cut them out of the rock, the chalk was broken into fragments, but fortunately rubbings had been previously taken.
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HARRISON, J. Ancient Characters at Cissbury. Nature 16, 8 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/016008a0
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