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visiting the spot. The crania were much mutilated, but Dr. Thurnam 
has kindly examined them and reports that one is the skull of a man, 
and two those of women. They are of the lengthened oval, or doli- 
chocephalic form, such as are generally found in the long barrows of 
Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. Dr. Thurnham gives the measure- 
ment of these crania in his paper, “ On the Two principal Forms of 
Ancient British Skulls.”! From this table (Table II.), it appears 
that the male skull has the breadth-index as low as ‘68, and the 
two female skulls that of -71 and -74 respectively. 
On digging in the centre of the barrow a cist six feet eight inches 
in depth, and about two feet wide, by three feet long, was discovered. 
It contained no traces whatever of human remains or art, excepting 
a few wood-ashes, and these may have fallen in accidentally. It is 
probable that this part of the barrow had been rifled at some former 
period. A fragment of a bone implement was found in the upper 
part of the barrow, just under the turf, and a rude, but well-worn 
muller, of sarsen-stone—both had been partially burnt. I had 
trenches dug on the north and north-east sides of the barrow, but 
no traces of any interment were seen. 
April 22, 1864. WG 
Monations to the Museum and Library. 
The Council have the pleasure of acknowledging the following Donations :— 
A Water Colour Drawing of Malmesbury Abbey. From Joun Gopwin, Esa. 
Roman and other Coins. From Mrs. TANNER, ( Yatesbury,) MarsHaLL Hact, 
Esq., and Admiral Monraev. 
From the latter donor a Pamphlet on Portland Breakwater, 1816. 
A Photograph of the last Wiltshire Bustard. By Mr. Grant. 
Davis's “¢ Ortgines Divisiane” 1754. By Rev. Canon Jackson, 
The following have also been received. ‘‘ Proceedings of Society of Antiquaries 
of London, to December, 1870.” ‘‘ Journal of Historical and Archeological 
Association of Ireland, April and July, 1871.” ‘‘Transactions of Essex 
Archeological Society, vol. v., pt. 1.” ‘Proceedings of Somersetshire 
Archeological and Natural History Society,” for 1869 and 1870. 
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