170 On the Cromlech-tumulus called Lugbury, 
whatever of human remains were met with; and the only objects 
found were some trifling fragments of black Roman pottery, a foot 
or two from the surface; and at a greater depth, in part mixed 
with the natural soil, a few fragments of bones, tusks and teeth of 
boars, with one or two rude flakes of black flint. It is not probable 
that these stones had been at any time buried beneath the cairn, as 
would have been the case had they formed part of a sepulchral 
chamber, of which, it has been shewn, there is no proof. The only 
likely view which remains is that they had in reality formed an 
external structure, such as the French term a dolmen and the 
English a cromlech, in all probability devoted to pagan sacrificial 
rites. 
In 1821, an extensive excavation, 150 feet in length, was made 
by Sir R. C. Hoare, along the whole length of the mound, to the 
west of the trilith. On this occasion, what was probably the 
original principal interment was disclosed, about 60 feet from the 
east end of the barrow, and about 30 to the west of the cromlech. 
Here, on the natural soil, a slight cist had been scooped out, and 
furnished with a rudely constructed pavement of unworked thin 
stone. Over this, a sort of rude arch, of the same kind of stone 
appeared to have been raised, which however had fallen in. In the 
cist, was an entire human skeleton, laid on the right side, having 
the head to the west, and the face to the south. It was in a 
contracted position, with the knees drawn up, the right hand on the 
upper part of the chest, and the left arm laid across the body. 
Under the left hand, and not far from the head, was a small 
instrument of flint about an inch and a half in length, brought to 
a very sharp point, and apparently formed for piercing or cutting. 
“Tt was,” says Sir R. C. Hoare, “too thin for an arrow-head, but 
might have served for a lancet.’ 
Flint Instrument found with Skeleton. 
1 Our wood engraving of this curious relic has been drawn from the object 
itself, very obligingly lent for this purpose, by Mrs. Carrick. The late Dr. 
Carrick of Clifton was the former owner of the Nettleton property. 
