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In shape and size the above urn is remarkably like No. 62 in 

 the Stourhead Collection, which was found inside a larger urn 

 with a grape cup and numerous gold and other objects in Upton 

 Gold Barrow. 



By the side of the urn was the incense cup, illustrated with it. 

 It is of an irregular circular shape, 1 ^in. high, 2;|in. in diameter 

 at the top, and 2f in. in greatest diameter. 



The type is somewhat uncommon, being peculiar in the fact 

 that it has a round base which causes the cup to roll when touched. 

 The inside follows the shape of the outside ; the interior space is 

 thus greater at the bottom than at the top. 



The ornamentation consists of two lines of pricked dots, one 

 round the middle, and one round the lip, numbering thirty -three 

 and thirty-five respectively ; included in the middle line of thirty- 

 three are two holes carried right through to the inside, thi'ee- 

 quarters of an inch apart, with no other dots between them. 



It is of a light salmon-coloured pottery, highly polished, and of 

 a better make than the urn. 



The surface ground around the interment is very broken, and 

 has evidently been greatly disturbed, as, for a considerable space 

 around, the field is cut into hollows and irregular shaped heaps, 

 while from the sides of the cutting may be seen several trenches 

 passing mostly north to south. The ground actually over the 

 interment is quite smooth, and I am inclined to think that the 

 remaining irregularities are of later date, as many bricks and 

 pieces of Eoman pottery were turned up within a few yards of the 

 old trenches above mentioned. 



On the hill above, about three hundred yards north, there is a 

 large bowl-shaped barrow, still 6ft. high, though much spread by 

 ploughing. 



The beautiful fiint axe (Fig. 4) was found some years ago in the 

 streets of Swindon during drainage operations, and was sold to 

 Mr. J. Smith, of Wootton Bassett. It has since come into my 

 possession. 



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