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barrow first opened was that in the centre of the village, close to 

 the house of Mr. Tuckey, but '' it did not produce any indications 

 of former sepulture, except fragments of charcoal, and something 

 like the oxidation of iron. It was composed of a close clayey soil, 

 very different from the material of the barrows on the hills, as were 

 all the four examined here. In the second mound "—for so the 

 Dean called these two, doubting if they were barrows— situated in 

 the village, at the south-east corner, " the attack was made from the 

 side by way of trench, on account of the size and the top being 

 covered by a clump of fir trees. Many bones, of the ox probably 

 and smaller animals, the hare in particular, one or two pieces of 

 corroded iron and a part of the wards of a key ^ were found; but no 



Wards of a key, found in a barrow at Yatesbury. 



sepulchral deposit, although the trench was carried into the centre.'' 

 The two barrows in " Barrow Field " were then attacked, with 

 anticipations the most encouraging, as they were distinguished by 

 traditions which ranked them highly in the estimation of the in- 

 habitants : moreover a few hundred yards to the south-east of these 

 barrows, in a field called Foxbury, the termination of which word 

 perhaps denoted the existence of some earthwork which has dis- 

 appeared before the plough, various Roman coins from Trajan to 



1 Figured under the letter S in the Salisbury volume of the Institute, and re- 

 produced here by permission. 



