216 Stonehenge and its Barrows. 



one, were opened in 1809, with the following results : No. 1 a large 

 and wide disc barrow^in which it appeared that the primaiy interment 

 had been moved to make room for the subsequent deposit of a skele- 

 ton, which also had been disturbed at some still later period. The 

 examination of the cist which contained the skeleton showed that 

 the feet had not been displaced; near them was an iron knife; and 

 at the bottom of the cist were several fragments of burnt bones, 

 belonging to the remains of the original interment. No. 2 is much 

 mutilated, and of large diameter, but not more than 4 feet in elevation. 

 It contained an interment of burnt bones secured within a very large 

 brown urn, rudely ornamented. A considerable quantity of linen 

 cloth was perceptible among the bones. No. 3, a flat barrow, 

 mutilated, contained, within an oval cist, a simple interment of burnt 

 bones, and shreds of linen cloth. No. 4 afforded no sepulchral re- 

 mains, and probably was not intended for a barrow. No. 5, a circular 

 flat barrow, contained a double cist, the smallest of which produced 

 a little dagger of bronze, and a variety of beads (about four dozen 

 in number, neatly made of clay), amongst which were two joints of 

 the vertebral column of petrified encrinus. Besides, the above were 

 a great quantity of curious little shells, in shape like the Hirlas horn 

 used by the Britons, which were perforated lengthways, and formed 

 probably the necklace of some female. The large cist contained 

 only the bones of a sheep. In No. 6, a flat circular barrow, was 

 found an oval cist, containing burnt bones, and a rude little cup, 

 resembling a saucer. No. 7 is a small " pond " barrow. No. 8, a 

 very irregular flat barrow, 3 feet high, produced, near the centre, a 

 large urn, standing upright within a circular cist, and containing, 

 amongst an interment of burnt bones, a small bronze dagger, with 

 a bone top to it, neatly finished, with five holes on the side for so 

 many rivets, by which it was fastened to a wooden handle. The urn 

 was very large, and elegantly formed ; it contained a few black 

 beads that had undergone the action of fire. No. 9, a flat circular 

 barrow, contained two small round cists, in each of which was de- 

 posited an interment of burnt bones; in one was a curious little 

 double cup. No. 10 was opened by Mr. Cunnington, in 1804. It 

 contained an urn inverted over the burnt bones, which had been 



