Notes on the Opening oj a Tumulus on 879 



base. On the sides are two rows of ornament — the lower a diaper 

 pattern carried round and the upper varying on the four sides. It 

 retains the original axe marks well preserved. 



Outside the chancel is the matrix of a brass — a single male figure, 

 and another of a kneeling figure with motto, in the aisle floor. It 

 is interesting to see a good specimen of a black-letter Bible, dated 

 1617, still in use on the lectern. The altar is the gift of Bishop 

 Hamilton in 1S63. 



The candelabrum in the chancel is a good modern copy of an old 

 design. 



The list of rectors goes back to 1302. 



The Royal arms over the tower arch are those of George I. — 1716. 



I^otes ott tfje fjeuittg af a %mdm on CoKr 

 pitmen pai 1893* 



By the Eev. E. H. Goddaed. 



^P|Sj§N the summit of the hill connecting Bidcombe with Cold 



|l||^ Kitchen, some 880ft. above sea-level, and commanding 



most extensive views in every direction, in the parish of Brixton' 



Deverill, but within about six chains of the borders of the parishes 



of Kingston and Hill Deverill, is a mound marked " Tumulus " on 



the new 6-inch Ordnance Map, and very visible against the sky-line 



from some miles off on the Warminster Road. 



It is apparently to this spot that reference is made in Hoare's 



Ancient Wilts, vol. I., p. 40, as follows : — 



" In the year 1803 Mr. Cunnington made some researches with the spade on 

 this elevated summit, and on that part which intervenes between Bidcombe and 

 Cold Kitchen where there are several of those irregularities and verdant patches 



