By Mrs. M. E. Cunnington. 19 



those of the ox, pig, and fox. The bones are few in 

 number and fragmentary. Those of the sheep are much smaller 

 than those of most breeds of modern sheep. The bones and teeth 

 were, with the exception of the fox, found singly throughout the 

 barrow, and their presence there seems to have been quite acci- 

 dental. Two of the pig's teeth and several of those of the ox were 

 found on the old ground level, and must have been lying there 

 wlien the barrow was built ; the others were probably thrown in 

 with the soil when the mound was piled up. The bones of the 

 fox were all found together and are the remains of one skeleton . 

 They were only a foot to sixteen inches below the present surface, 

 and possibly — even probably — have no antiquarian interest. It 

 is quite likely that at some time when the ground was uncultivated 

 and covered with scrub there was a hole oi- burrow there into 

 which the creature crawled and died. 



The bones of the human skeleton were rather small and slender, 

 but with strong muscular attachments. The individual had suffered 

 from rheumatic arthritis, and had a remarkable and uncommon 

 malformation of the nasal bones. 



Dr. Beddoe has kindly made the following report on the skull 

 and the measurements of the bones as submitted to him : — 

 " Bradford-on-Avon, 



Octoher 2Uh, 1906. 



" With reference to the human bones from a barrow near Marl- 

 borough which Mr. Cunnington has kindly given me an opportunity 

 of examining, I am of opinion that they probably belonged to a 

 female of considerable age. I base this opinion on the apparent 

 small size of the cranium, the absence of prominent development 

 of the supraciliary arches and of the muscular attachments, and 

 the moderate stature, as deduced from the lengths of the humerus 

 and the femur. The humerus, if, as reported to me,^ 12-5 inches 

 in maximum length, would, if masculine, indicate a stature of 63'9 

 by Manouvrier's scale, but if feminine, of 628 inches. Pearson's 



' Dr. Poynton, who saw the skeleton before it had been in any way 

 disturbed, kindly measured the bones as they lay in the ground, because 

 from their decayed condition they would not bear moving without breaking. 



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