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titled " Our British Ancestors," p. 137, with a plan and drawings. The shape 

 is like that of Uley, but the chambers are iu separate parts and do not seem 

 to have been connected. The contents were very similar to those of the 

 tumuli at Uley and at Nympsfield. " They consisted of small flint imple- 

 ments, two of these finely wrought ; a large piece of natural flint ; the debris 

 of very coarse pottery ; a large stone of grit not found in the neighbourhood, 

 and a small round pebble." Human remains of twelve or thirteen persons 

 were found ; a drawing of a skull from the tumulus is given, p. l-iS. Particu- 

 lars respecting the very interesting tumulus at Wellow, in Somerset, and 

 another in the same county, which has been destroyed, will be found in the 

 " Proceedings of the Somerset Arch, and Nat. Hist. Soc." for 1858, p. 3.3, 

 where plans of the structure and drawings are also given. The tumulus 

 at Wellow is now the only perfect one preserved La this country, and ought 

 to be an object of special care. The Rev. W. C. Lukis has given a very 

 elaborate paper, with a variety of drawings of chambered tumuli, which 

 have been examined in Jersey, Guernsey, and in Brittany, in the pro- 

 ceedings of the British Arch. Assoc, for September, 1866 ; these exhibit a 

 great variety of form. Very interesting accounts have also been given by Dr. 

 Thurnham of examinations made by him in Wilts, accounts of which will be 

 found in the proceedings of the "Wilts Arch. Joum." and in the 

 " Archseologia." 



As a supplement to these instructive notes of Mr. Scarth, the 

 Secretary read a communication from Dr. Bird, who was present at 

 the opening of the Long BaiTOW at Creper's field, near Nympsfield 

 Park As the Club proposes to visit this place on some future occa- 

 sion, the substance of his communication will be reserved. With 

 reference to Uley Tumulus, the Doctor stated that an old friend of his 

 had told him that many a time he and other boys had gone to the 

 tumulus, and had a fight with the " giants' " bones in the chambers. 

 The clergyman of the parish, some time afterwards, had all the 

 human bones collected and buried in the corner of the churchyard ; 

 he also states that he considered Uley and Wellow as the same 

 words, derived from the GaeUc word Ulain, a charnel house, or from 

 the Welsh word Ulww, ashes, cinders. 



The members now returned along the down to the camp at the 

 end ; a leaf-shaped arrow head of flint was picked up by the Secre- 

 tary on the way at a short distance from the tumulus. The view 

 of the surrounding valley with the Severn, a hazy thread in the 

 distance, was most charming. Arrived at the S. W. end of the 

 Romano-British camp, Mr. Scarth's notes were again in requisition, 



