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clay, and afforded no evidence of interment. The examinations 

 of the larger mounds in this district render it extremely pro- 

 bable that they were not for the purpose of burial, but raised 

 for the sake of observation or the performance of religious rites. 

 The seventh tumulus is placed near the brow of the wold 

 overhanging the village of Acklam. It had been opened before, 

 but in it was found part of a broken urn, a disturbed human 

 skeleton with evidence of cremation, and the horn core of an 

 ox. Five other tumuli were opened, but in none was any mark 

 of interment presented. 



HUGGATE. 



In October, 1849, the members of the Club continued their 

 researches in this district at Huggate. About a mile from this 

 village, in a field on elevated ground, called Howe field, is a 

 group of several tumuli ; they are at considerable distances 

 apart, and varying in height from 2 to 6 feet, the central 

 mound being much the largest, which forms an exception to all 

 the others in exhibiting the remains of entrenchment. Four 

 of these tumuli were examined, but all proved singularly unpro- 

 ductive, and there is reason to conclude that they had been 

 previously opened. 



However, sufficient evidence was obtained of their character 

 as early British tumuli : they consist of dry loamy earth, mixed 

 with clay and fragments of flint. In the first tumulus was 

 found the remains of a skeleton much disturbed ; the vertebrse 

 remained in situ, and from its position, the body had been 

 deposited in the meridian line. The second yielded only a 

 bit of unwrought amber. In the third, at about one foot from 

 the surface, were fragments of a small vase or drinking cup of 

 very early British pottery, of slightly conical shape ; with these 

 fragments were traces of charcoal, mixed with a black earth. 

 The fourth tumulus examined was the smallest. In the centre, 

 at the depth of about 18 inches, was a heap of large flints, 

 much discoloured by fire. Amongst the flints were traces of 

 charcoal, and a red powder like brick dust ; east of this small 

 cairn were portions of two skeletons, but no marks of fire were 

 met with. 



