By Mrs. M. E. Cunnington. 7 



was the direction of the axis of the body, for the head was much 

 bent forward and pressed down towards the breast bone. 



The bones apparently all lay in their natural positions, with 

 only such falling together and crushing as would result from decay 

 and the pressure of the earth above. Unfortunately, they were 

 considerably decayed, and, although their positions could be clearly 

 traced as they lay in the ground, many of them fell at once to 

 powder when touched. The skull had been crushed into fragments, 

 and much of it was in a powdery condition. 



The body seems to have been placed on the old ground level 

 with no grave or cist to protect it, and without any large stones 

 or flints round it. From the nature of the surrounding soil, how- 

 ever, it seems probable that the body had been completely covered 

 over with turfs, and these may have been intended to serve, in 

 some measure, as a protection in the absence of any other form of 

 cist. The skeleton was at a depth of only 2ft. 6in. below the 

 present surface, it had been so contracted as to only occupy a space 

 3ft. 2in. long by 2ft. wide. 



The following objects were found to have been placed beside 

 the dead, for what purpose they were there or of what they are 

 significant, we can only conjecture. The exact positions in which 

 they were found will be readily understood by reference to the 

 numbers and to the accompanying sketch. 



No. 1. A pommel of dark amber much decayed. On each side 

 are two holes for rivets. It was found near, and is believed to 

 have been the pommel to the handle of the small bronze blade 

 number 2. Length l|in. 



No. 2. A small bronze blade, length Ain. 



No. 3. Stud of earthenware (?) found close to neck of skeleton. 

 Diameter j^ in. 



No. 4. Barrel-shaped bead of lignite, capped at each end by thin 

 gold caps and encircled by three gold bands. Each cap and each 

 band has three parallel lines engraved round it. The core has 

 incised lines encircling it corresponding to the lines on the gold. 

 The bead has a hole bored through it very large in proportion to 

 its size, the diameter of the hole being \ of an inch, or nearly half 



