346 Notes on a Group of Barrows on Beckhampton Downs. 
shewing a mixture of green sand with the clay, makes this the more 
probable, as both green sand and clay are so near to hand. 
In 1750 Dr. John Davies, of Devizes, in his curious little book, 
“ Origines Divisiane,’ refers to a statement made by Dr. Musgrave, 
that a “ certain Alexander, a maker of crockery ware,” did “ reside 
in this very ancient little Town.” Whether Pans Lane owes its 
name to the said Alexander’s handiwork, or to the “ rural God,” 
who preferred his “ Falernian Wine ” in “ earthen vessels,” must be 
left to archeologists to decide. 
The articles found in the Pans Lane cutting, with several speci- 
mens of the broken pottery, were carefully collected and preserved 
by the late Mr. Henry Cunnington, and are now placed in the 
Museum. 
Hotes on a Grony of Barrows on Beckhampton 
Doing. 
(See Rev. A. C. Smith’s Map, D. VI. and p. 103.) 
By Wituiam Cunnineton, F.G.S. 
de persons travelling over these downs can have failed to 
notice these fine barrows. They are on the left-hand, going 
towards Marlborough, close to the wayside, where the old 
Bath and London road joins the modern road to London, and about _ 
a mile from Shepherd’s Shore. They are five in number, four of 
them are laid down in Mr. Smith’s map, 0., p., g., 7., and a small 
one is included within the ditch of that marked “7,” nearly where 
the letter r occurs on the map. Those marked 0., q,, and r. are 
fine examples of the variety known as “ bell-barrows.” Their outline 
is very elegant, though they are not so high as some in the south 
of the county. 
1 We have often rejoiced over the fine bell-barrows of Wiltshire. Tosee them 
