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was of opinion that it was in honour of this last body that this 
great cairn of stones had been piled up—who shall say how 
many thousands of years ago! All the skulls found were of 
the long-headed type; they have been properly cared for, and 
it is hoped that some of them, carefully set up, will find a 
place in the Gloucester Museum. 
Mr. Wirrs read a paper on “The Barrow,” and was at great 
pains to explain to those present all the points of interest in 
connection with this most interesting “find,” the discovery 
of which is entirely due to his acuteness and energy. 
The next move was to the garden of Mrs. Bracu, at Cranham 
Lodge, where the party were entertained at tea. On their 
return journey to the “ Black Horse,” attention was directed 
to some extensive quarries in which the building free-stone 
is excavated by means of galleries, extending many hundreds 
of yards underground. Candles were provided, but those who 
ventured in found these subterranean passages cold, damp and 
muddy, and soon returned to the open air. Meantime a select 
few went on to the quarries at Birdlip Hill to view the “Pea 
Grit.” Here Mr. Lucy called attention to the inclination of 
the strata from below the village to the point whereon they 
were standing, showing that a large amount of denudation had 
taken place, whereby the whole of the Freestone, Oolite Marl, 
Rag Stones, Fuller’s Earth, and Great Oolite, that once covered 
up the Pea Grit had been swept away. 
After dinner at the “Black Horse,” the President proposed 
amid cheers, that the thanks of the Society should be given to 
Mr. G. B. Wirrs for his valuable services in the promotion of 
antiquarian discovery in our county, to which he had made so 
many important contributions. Mr. Wirrs, in reply, made 
reference to the importance of protecting and preserving from 
further loss and demolition those relics of past ages which are 
still left to us, but which are every day in danger from the 
ignorance of some and the indifference of others. In partic- 
ular, he drew attention to two round barrows in the parish of 
Duntisbourn Abbotts, which are marked on the Ordnance Map, 
and are described as two of the finest in the County, which 
