THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



MULTOEUM MANIBUS GRANDE LEVATUtt ONUS." — Ovid. 



June, 190T. 



|totes on t|e fptiiiiij of a §voit^e ^ge 

 §iuTofo at P^Hiitou, near P^aiiior^ujl. 



By Mrs. M. E. Cunnington. 



The barrow was opened by Mr. B. Howard Cunnington, F.S.A., Scot. 

 The greater part of this paper was printed with the illustrations here given 

 (except the arrow-head) in 27ie iic^jg'Mary for January, 1907, vol. xiii., pp. 

 28-46. 



The Society is indebted to Dr. Maurice, of Marlborough, in whose 

 possession all the objects here described remain, for a donation of two 

 guineas towards the cost of the illustrations.— [Ed.J 



It would be difficult to find in all England a more picturesque 

 old place than Marlborough, or one surrounded by country more 

 charming and diversified. The great forest of Savernake with its 

 unrivalled avenue, its magnificent timber, its lovely glades, and 

 the wide open Wiltshire Downs, with their delightful sense of 

 space and freedom, are both equally within reach of the lucky 

 Marlburian. And, to give an added charm to all its beauty, the 

 country vibrates with great historic and even greater pre-historic 

 interests. 



To speak only of these latter that have drifted down to us 

 through the ages : there are the flint tools of mysterious paleeolithic 

 men from the gravels of Savernake Forest, the stupendous and no 



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