172 Stonehenge and its Barrows. 



The first is the prevailing type in South Britain^ to which four-fifths, 

 probably, of the known examples belong. The body or lower part 

 is more or less globular ; the upper, separated from the lower by a 

 constriction, frequently very defined, spreads out somewhat like the 

 calyx of a flower, and forms a brim which almost equals the lower 

 part in height. The sides of this brim, whether more or less erect 

 or sloping, are straight, and not recurved at the tip. The ornamen- 

 tation is profuse and elaborate. Of the second type seven examples 

 have been yielded by the Wiltshire barrows. The cup from the 

 Winterslow Hut barrow is figured by Dr. Thurnam, pi. xxxi., fig, 2. 

 The third form prevails in Scotland. In very rare cases drinking 

 cups have handles, but none have been found in Wiltshire. 



Of the implements and weapons of stone obtained in Sir R. C. 

 Hoare's excavations. Dr. Thurnam gives the following table : — 



Total 31 20 51 



Of stone implements found in the barrows around Stonehenge, 

 mention can only be made of the following : four stone hatchets or 

 wedges, commonly known as celts, were discovered with unburnt 

 bodies ; three with the same interment in a barrow at Upton Lovel. 

 All these last were of flint; two being more or less ground or 



