444 Olivei-'s Ca^np, Devizes. 



of a third vessel were found so close to the surface that they were 

 entangled in the roots of the grass. 



These three vessels were all made of the same kind of reddish 

 coarse pottery ; they are straight-sided, with no curved rim or 

 projection, and are all three quite free from any kind of ornament. 

 A round hole had been bored through one of the pieces of the third 

 vessel. These two last pots were of considerable size, the diameters 

 of the rims are the only measurements that can be taken, and these 

 are both 8|in. 



The deposit of charcoal seems to be evidence of the actual 

 burning of a body in tlie barrow itself. There was every appearance 

 of a fire having been lit on the spot, and the presence of the calcined 

 human teeth in the charcoal makes it apparent that a human body 

 had been burnt in it. The bones in the cist on the bottom of the 

 barrow below the fire-hole could not possibly be those burnt in 

 this fire, because they must have been already buried and safely 

 covered, before the fire could have been made over the spot where 

 they were found. It seems quite likely, however, that the secondary 

 interment may be that of the individual cremated on the spot. 

 The bones must have been collected from the charcoal with great 

 care, not to leave a fragment behind, but the teeth — from which 

 the enamel has cracked away — are merely little black cones, and 

 can only be with difficulty recognised as teeth, so tliat they could 

 very easily have escaped the notice of those whose duty it was to 

 collect the ashes. 



Dr. C. W. Cunnington, who kindly examined the bones from the 

 cist, remarks on them as follows : — " The burnt bones are very 

 fragmentary and much distorted by heat; they are, judging from 

 tlie lower jaw, probably those of a middle-aged adult. No bones 

 are sufficiently perfect to allow an estimate of the length or sex to 

 be made. Fragments of the following bones are recognisable : — 

 jaw (upper and lower), skull, tibia, radius, patella, axis, vertebrae, 

 and ribs. 



Note. — All the objects found in the Camp and Barrows are 

 deposited in the Museum at Devizes. 



