172 On the Cromlech-tumulus called Lugbury. 
cists, were nine, seven, and ten skeletons respectively, there being, 
apparently, some distinction of sex and age, as to the cists in which 
they were found. ‘The bodies must have been packed closely 
together, in a crouched or sitting posture, and were particularly 
crowded near the angles of the cists. Their being buried in rough 
stone rubble, made it difficult to ascertain their precise position, or 
to remove the bones in an entire state. No relics of any other 
kind were found in the cists; but in the course of the general 
excavations, a flake or two, and a round worked disc, of black flint 
were met with. Cist A.—This, it is said, contained seven skeletons ; 
we examined five, all of which appeared to be of women or children, 
of the ages of about 1, 2, 5, 15, and 50 years of age. Cist B— 
This appears either never to have been used, or to have been rifled 
at some period of its contents, not even a fragment of bone being 
found in it. Cist C.—This contained nine skeletons, all apparently 
males, and of adult age, about 20, 25, 30, 45, 50, and 55 years; 
two others were those of aged persons. There were the fragments 
of a ninth skull, the fractured edges of which were very sharp and 
clean, suggesting the idea of having been cleft during life, but they 
may possibly have been broken after interment, by the falling-in 
of one of the side-stones of the cist. Cist D.—In this were ten 
skeletons, eight of which we examined; four were those of adults, 
two possibly of each sex, and four of children, of about 3, 4, 7, and 
17 years. It may here be briefly stated that the crania from these 
cists are almost uniformly of a somewhat lengthened oval or doli- 
chocephalic form. The facial bones are generally smooth and little 
indented ; the alveolar edge of the superior maxillary, upright and 
rather short; the lower jaws narrow ; the crowns of the teeth generally 
very much worn. The only thigh-bone which could be obtained 
for measurement was 18 inches and a half in length. 
The whole of the barrow has latterly been excavated by Mr. 
Scrope, but without discovering any further interments, nor any- 
thing worthy of note except two or three more flint-flakes of 
irregular form. The bulk of the stones having been carted away, 
the barrow is now consequently much reduced in elevation ; except 
