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diameter, and 11 in elevation, "the monarch of this group/^ On the 

 floor was the skeleton of a very tall man, lying on his right side, 

 with his head towards the south-east. At his feet were laid a massive 

 hammer, of a darlc-coloured stone, a bronze celt, a tube of bone, a 

 whetstone with a groove in the centre, and several other articles of 

 bone, amongst which is the enormous tusk of a wild boar, but the most 

 curious article found was one of twisted bronze, of which Sir Richard 

 Hoare could not divine the use. It is engraved in plate xxix. of 

 " Ancient Wilts,'' vol. i. 



Lake Geoup. 

 No. 1, a long barrow, not opened. The diminutive ban-cw. No. 

 2, produced, just under the surface, a rude but perfect little cup 

 (engraved plate xxx.), which is perforated at the bottom like a 

 colander, and has holes on the sides for suspension. This cup ac- 

 companied an interment of burnt bones. Nos. 3 and 4 had been 

 previously opened. In No. 5 was an interment of burnt bones, with 

 twenty or thirty small black beads, which appeared to have been 

 composed of earth or wood, and to have passed the fire. No. 6, one 

 of the finest barrows in this group is 13 feet 9 inches high. "Within 

 one foot of the surface a large sepulchral urn, rudely formed and 

 baked, 15 inches high and 13 wide, had been placed with its mouth 

 downwards over a large pile of burnt bones, amongst which was a 

 fine ivoiy bodkin. At a further depth of 5 feet were the remains of 

 two skeletons; and at the bottom of the barrow, and total depth of 

 13 feet 9 inches, was an oblong cist, five feet deep, and seven feet 

 long, cut in the chalk, containing the skeleton of a child, apparently 

 not more than two or three years old, accompanied by a drinking 

 cup. No. 7 is a large bell-shaped barrow, composed entirely of 

 vegetable earth. It contained, within a cist, a little pile of burnt 

 bones, with which had been deposited a very fine bronze pin, a large 

 stone bead which had been stained red, a bead of ivory, and a lance- 

 head of bronze. (PI. xxx.) No. 8, a very wide and flat barrow, 

 about 6 feet high, and 48 in diameter, from which the French 

 Prophets are supposed to have preached in 1710 (see Stukeley). At 

 the depth of 2 feet a pile of marl was reached, which increased iu 



