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Notes on the Tumuli of the Cotteswold Hills, and the 

 human remains found therein. By Dr. Bikd. 



The Barrows and Tumuli on the Cotteswold Hills vary in 

 their size, position, stru(;ture, and contents. They are of three 

 kinds. (1) Round Earth Tumuli. (2) Eound Stone Tumuli. (3) 

 Long Barrows. 



I. ROUND EARTH TUMULI. 



This is the earliest form of Tumulus. It consists of a mound 

 of earth, or gravel, a few yards in diameter. The body is 

 placed in the centre in a doubled up position, and with it are 

 frequently found round balls of clay, sun-dried, and rude flint 

 flakes. No traces of cremation are observed. A Tumulus of 

 this description was discovered at Cubberly, to the north of 

 the residence of the late Mr. Hutchinson ; the skull, and some 

 of the bones with the balls of clay, and flints were taken to 

 the house, and the skull was afterwards sent to the Ethnological 

 Society. It was a small skull, long, and narrow, and was 

 slightly twisted, from pressure of the clay. The thigh and arm- 

 bones were short ; and the stature of the individual was not 

 more than five feet. 



A flint flake from this tumulus is preserved in the museum of 

 Cheltenham College. 



II. ROUND STONE TUMULI. 



These are roughly constructed of loose surface or quarried 

 stones. A Kist is generally placed near the centre ; its sides 

 and ends are formed of dry walling of small flat stones, and 

 covered with rough unhewn stones, sloping each way like the 

 roof of a house, or placed flat across the walls ; and the Tumulus 



