Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with The Society of Antiquaries of London Report of the Thirty-second Congress and of the Earthworks Committee for the year 1924 Price i/- London Published by the Congress of Archaeological Societies and printed by Percy Lund, Humphries & Co., Ltd., 3, Amen Corner, London, E.C-4. Congress of Archaeological Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries of London. OFFICERS AND COUNCIL. President : The President of the Society of Antiquaries : THE EARL OF CRAWFORD AND BALCARRES, K.T., LL.D., F.R.S. Hon. Treasurer : W. J. HEMP, F.S.A. Hon. Secretary : H. S. KlNGSFORD, M.A. Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, W.i. Other Members of Council : O. G. S. CRAWFORD, B.A., F.S.A.1 WILLIAM MARTIN, M.A., LL.D., MRS. CUNNINGTON. 1 F.S.A. 2 MAJOR W. J. FREER, D.L., J.P., R. E. M. WHEELER, M.C., D.Lit., F.S.A. 1 F.S.A.2 WlLLOUGHBY GARDNER, F.S.A. 1 VERY REV. THE DEAN OF E. THURLOW LEEDS, M.A., F.S.A. 1 GLOUCESTER, D.D., F.S.A.3 J. P. WILLIAMS-FREEMAN, M.D. 1 H. JENKINSON, M.A., F.S.A. 3 E. A. B. BARNARD, F.S.A. 2 W. PAGE, F.S.A. 3 REV. G. M. BENTON, F.S.A. 2 H. PEAKE, F.S.A. 3 J. E. COUCHMAN, F.S.A. 2 G. McN. RUSHFORTH, M.A. F.S.A." CYRIL Fox, Ph.D., F.S.A. 2 PROF. A. HAMILTON THOMPSON, D.Lit., F.S.A. 3 The Treasurer, Director and Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries, ex-officio. The Hon. Secretary of the Earthworks Committee, ex-officio. 1 Retires 1925. ~ Retires 1926. 3 Retires 1927. Hon. Auditor : Assistant Treasurer : G. C. DRUCE, F.S.A. A. E. STEEL. COMMITTEE ON ANCIENT EARTHWORKS AND FORTIFIED ENCLOSURES. Chairman : SIR HERCULES READ, LL.D., V.P.S.A. Committee : THE EARL OF CRAWFORD AND BAL­ WlLLOUGHBY GARDNER, F.S.A. CARRES, K.T., LL.D., F.R.S., H. ST. GEORGE GRAY. P.S.A. W. J. HEMP, F.S.A. A. HADRIAN ALLCROFT. PROF. R. A. S. MACALISTER, Litt.D., COL. F. W. T. ATTREE, R.E., F.S.A. F.S.A. G. A. AUDEN, M.D., F.S.A. W.M.I'ANSON, F.S.A. HENRY BALFOUR, F.S.A. WILLIAM MARTIN, LL.D., F.S.A. R. C. BOSANQUET, F.S.A. D. H. MONTGOMERIE, F.S.A. C. H. BOTHAMLEY, M.Sc., F.I.C. COL. W. LL. MORGAN, R.E., F.S.A. J. P. BUSHE-FOX, F.S.A. T. DAVIES PRYCE, F.S.A. J. G. N. CLIFT. W. M. TAPP, LL.D., F.S.A. W. G. COLLINGWOOD, F.S.A. R. E. M. WHEELER, M.C., D.Lit., O. G. S. CRAWFORD, F.S.A. F.S.A. G. E. CRUICKSHANK, M.A., F.S.A. J. P. WILLIAMS-FREEMAN, M.D. SIR ARTHUR EVANS, D. Litt., F.R.S., V.P.S.A. Hon. Secretary : ALBANY F. MAJOR, O.B.E., F.S.A., 30, The Waldrons, Croydon. i 0 6 7 o 7 0 2 6 o 0 4 o 7 d. d. 5 o o o 4 9 9 7 o o 4 4 s. s. IO 17 i? 5 3 3 4 18 IO 55 10 £ 55 46 DRUCE. £ 46 £129 £i32 . C. .. .. 1924. 1922 GEORGE June, 1922 Report, supplied (estimated) 3oth Treasurer Report, 1922, correct. SOCIETIES Earthworks 1924 Printing ending found of Assistant Postages cost). Reports, Congress Bank Subscriptions and Earthworks at and (at Bank at of and Congress yeer October, at at ASSETS EXPENDITURE the 22nd Consols Cash Audited Earthworks Distribution Arrears Printing, Stationery Packing Reporter Tea Honorarium, Balance for _ i i 0 o 7 5 v d. d. 5 9 S o s. 18 s. 10 ARCH&OLOGICAL 2 400 £ 52 £ 36 Expenditure i^^^^^_m^^^^ £132 £129 2 o o 7 o o 125 10 d. OF and S o o ° s. 12 13 12 16 of i I 5 4 4 34 £ 51 27 Con­ liability cost . advance e) the in the Receipts which 1922 paid of to incurred meet CONGRESS to 1923 1921 of regard Treasurer. Report, 1924-25, HEMP, in already 1922-23 1923-24 1924. Consols Sale Julv, J. Work, on Statement ist has available Bank Hand Honorary October, Year's LIABILITIES In Earthworks Miscellaneous RECEIPTS At st gress publications 21 Subscriptions, Balance Subscriptions, Dividend WILFRID Balance, Publications, Report of the Council for the Year 1923-24. In presenting its Report for last year the Council desires in the first place to record its sense of the great loss which the Congress has suffered in the death of Mr. William Paley Baildon, V.P.S.A., who since 1921 had held the office of Treasurer and for many years previously had been a member of Council. His advice and assistance were ever at the service of the Congress, and his death has left a gap in the archaeological world which will not easily be filled. The Council sent a message of sympathy to Mr. Baildon's relatives, to which a grateful reply was received. As Mr. Baildon's successor the Council is fortunate in having secured the services of Mr. W. J. Hemp, F.S.A. The financial position of the Congress continues to be satis­ factory, the balance on 3<Dth June last being £46 48. -jd., but the cost of the last number of the Report has not been taken into the account, as it was not issued by that date. Once again the Council has to thank Mr. G. C. Druce, F.S.A., for acting as Auditor. At the last meeting of the Congress, a resolution was passed to the effect that instead of affiliated Societies purchasing copies of the Report, the Congress should arrange to sell copies to such members of affiliated Societies as asked for them through their Society, and the details of arrangements were left in the hands of the Council. The Council in consequence carefully considered this resolution at two meetings held during the past year, and as a result was unanimously of opinion that the proposal was not practicable unless the Congress was prepared to face a heavy financial loss and the probable dis­ continuance of publication. The resolution was accordingly referred back and Congress will be asked to rescind it. In the meantime the Council resolved that the current report should be issued on the old lines, and this has accordingly been done, without any appreciable diminution in the numbers taken by the affiliated Societies. At the last Congress a resolution was passed protesting against the damage done to the Earthworks at Mold Castle on the occasion of the National Eisteddfod. Copies of this resolution were sent to the appropriate authorities, but the Council has no information as to what results, if any, have followed upon this protest. Another resolution deprecating the utilization for naval, military and commercial purposes, of sites of historic or scientific interest, was forwarded to the heads of the Government departments concerned and duly acknowledged. Partly at the instance of the Congress, a conference on the subject was convened by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at which Lord Crawford took the chair, and addresses were given by the Secretary to the National Trust, the Chief Inspector of Ancient Monuments, and others. The Council is gratified to know that, in great measure owing to this action, the danger to Avebury from a proposed Marconi station is now over, but the recent action of the War Office in respect of Lulworth Cove shows that the general principle enunciated by the resolution is not yet recognized by the responsible authorities. According to rule, the following members retire from the Council : Mr. Roland Austin, Mr. Parker Brewis, the Rev. E. H. Goddard, Mr. H. St. George Gray and Colonel J. W. R. Parker. The Council recommends the following for election in their place and to fill one other vacancy caused by Mr. Hemp succeeding the late Mr. Baildon as Treasurer : The Very Reverend the Dean of Gloucester, F.S.A., Mr. H. Jenkinson, F.S.A., Mr. W. Page, F.S.A., Mr. H. Peake, F.S.A., Mr. G. McN. Rushforth, F.S.A., and Prof. A. Hamilton Thompson, F.S.A. Report of the Proceedings at the 32nd Congress. The Thirty-second Congress was held at the Society of Anti­ quaries, on Tuesday, i8th November, 1924, the Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, K.T., President of the Society of Antiquaries, being in the chair. The following Societies sent delegates : Society. Delegates. Royal Archaeological Institute. G. C. Druce. F.S.A. H. Plowman, F.S.A. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland. E. W. Lynam. Cambrian Archsological Association. T. E. Morris. Society of Genealogists. Rev. C. Moor, D.D., F.S.A. Berkshire Archaeological Society. Rev. P. H. Ditchfield, F.S.A. Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Roland Austin. Archaeological and Architectural Society for the County of Buckingham. Edwin Hollis. Cambridge Antiquarian Society. L. C. G. Clarke, F.S.A. Dr. Cyril Fox, F.S.A. Carmarthenshire Antiquarian Society. E. V. Collier. G. Eyre Evans. Cornwall, Royal Institution of. Canon Thomas Taylor, F.S.A. Cumberland and Westmorland Anti­ quarian and Archaeological Society. R. G. Collingwood, F.S.A. T. H. B. Graham. Derbyshire Archaeological Society. P. H. Currey. H. Vassall, F.S.A. Dorset Antiquarian Field Club. Canon J. C. M. Mansel-Pleydell. His Honour Judge Udal, F.S.A.