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the sea. About two years ago, one of them was opened. It was 
about six feet in height, with a diameter of about 100 feet. It was 
surrounded by a narrow fosse. A trench about six feet wide was 
driven through it from the south-east towards the north-west. 
About the centre of the barrow, they came upon a large deposit 
of charcoal, mostly in small fragments, and upon this there lay a 
deposit of human bones. Underneath there were flints arranged 
apparently with great care, and covering a space of about eight feet 
square. At a short distance to the east, they found a drinking cup 
lying on its side. Discussion arose as to the material, and everybody 
said it was undoubtedly a wooden cup. He took it home, but it 
soon fell to pieces. He was struck with the appearances presented, 
and on examination came to the conclusion that the material re- 
sembled that of the so-called Kimmeridge coal money. A high 
authority in the British Museum confirmed the opinion that it was 
formed of shale. Another cup was found on which there were bands 
of incised lines, made with great accuracy. They could not have 
been made except by means of the lathe. The cup terminated 
conically and would not stand upon its base. Two other similar 
cups had been found—one in Cornwall, and the other at Hove, near 
Brighton. Another barrow of a different character was examined 
at Broad Down, and in it was found a beautiful example of the 
incense cup. In the middle of a third barrow they found a huge 
cairn of stones, containing an urn, a large flat vessel, and several 
fragments or shards of pottery. There were also quantities of red 
ochre—used perhaps by the Madame Rachels of the period. Last 
year in a barrow on Gittesham Hill they also found large stones in 
a circle. On removing them, four shapeless pieces of bronze, which 
had been apparently melted in a ladle, were discovered. This year 
they again commenced excavating, and his attention was called toa 
a row of seven barrows, on the eastern escarpment of Broad Down. 
On proceeding to the spot, however, he was horrified to find that 
during the winter the farmer who occupied the land had carted the 
greater portion of them away, with the view of enriching a neigh- 
bouring field of turnips. If things went on as they were going 
he feared that not a barrow would be found in England 100 years 
