CALLED CASTLE HILL. ant 
raised. And, it is probable, that, when the half- 
burnt remains were cool, and while the two ends 
of the chamber were open, the beetles would creep 
in, and burrow in the animal matter. And, when 
the arch and sides of the cavity became hard and 
solid, the two ends of the chamber would be 
closed, and the barrow would then be raised. Af- 
ter the ends of the chamber were closed, the half- 
burnt animal matter would gradually become hard; 
and the beetles, imbedded in it, would die. 
Pieces of the carbonized animal matter, are in 
the possession of nearly all the gentlemen, who 
were present at the opening of the hill. 
It is probable, that this chamber contained the 
original deposit; and, that it had never been 
opened before. 
DEVEREL BARROW. 
When the Deverel barrow, in Dorsetshire, was 
opened, by Mr. Miles, in 1825, it was found, that 
the bodies had been burned: that most of the 
ashes had been protected by urns: that the urns 
were disposed in a circular form: that the most 
ancient urns were moulded by the hand, without 
the assistance of the potter’s wheel: that these 
