ON THE TtJlIUU OF ST. ADHELM'S HEAD DISTRICT. 37 



I now proceed with the description of a Barrow, dtnated at a 

 short distance inland from St. Adhehn^s Head, which, by the 

 kind permission of the late Earl of Eldon, I examined in the 

 month of July, 1850. * Beginning at the top, I found it to be 

 composed to the depth of two feet of stones, with earth firmly 

 embedded. Scattered amongst these, was a considerable quan- 

 tity of small pieces of pottery, apparently British ; and also of 

 Kimmeridgc coal, such as the " coal money" is composed of. In 

 fact, one of these broken pieces is a fragment of coal money, 

 and another appears to be a portion of an armlet, made 

 of Kimmeridgc coal, nearly half an inch in width. I found also 

 in this part of the barrow, a small piece of Samian ware, and 

 five Roman coins • deposited together. Throughout this part of 

 the barrow, I found many shells of the limpet,* Patella vulgaris, 

 and of Helix Hortensis, with otlier land shells. I now came to a 

 stratum of stones, packed together without any earth, to the depth 

 of six inches. Beneath this were several skeletons, lying in the 

 following order. From the centre of the barrow, in the direction 

 of S. S. E., to N. N. W., were set edgeways two large stones, 

 each measuring about three feet by two feet, and three inches in 

 thickness, forming a division wall, (if I may so describe it,) of 

 from six to seven feet in length. On the east side of this wall 

 and close to it lay a skeleton, with the head towards the S. S. E. 

 Over the feet of this skeleton, within the space of two f^t in 

 diameter, were a quantity of bones, and four skulls, all of large 

 size, and having the teeth perfectly sound. They were separate- 

 ly protected by flat stones, set edgeways, and slanting over them. 

 I here found a plain bone pin, (fig. 2,) three inches and a 

 quarter in length, neatly formed, with a roimded head. On 

 removing the stone nearest to the centre, I found that there was 

 another, similarly placed, at right angles to it Immediately in 



2 The description of this barrow was pnblishcd in the 28th No. of the 

 Archaeological Journal. 



3 These consist of first brass of Tn^an, A. D. 08, and Marcns Aure- 

 !ius, A. D. 121., bolh much defaced and encrusted with patina: fourth 

 brass of Gallienus, A. D.254, Victonnus, A. D. 265, and Tetricus, 

 junior, A. D. 2G7. These last are in good preservation. 



* Limpet shells have been found amongst sepnlchral remains, in the 

 Island of Guernsey, and elsewhere. 



