344 OPENING OF AN ANCIENT BARROW 
a dull white colour, slightly veined with red; and 
the surface was finely polished. It was about five 
inches in length, and three in breadth. There 
is no stone like it in this neighbourhood. This 
whetstone evidently belonged to a much later 
period, than that of the circular chamber, in which 
the remains of animal matter were deposited. The 
whetstone is in the possession of the Rev. Peter 
Legh. 
DRIFT ON THE NORTH SIDE. 
On the north side of the barrow, about six feet 
above the bottom, a drift, four feet square, was 
carried horizontally, about eleven feet towards the 
centre of the hill; and, because the ground, on 
the north side of the hill, slopes towards the Dene, 
this drift was commenced at a lower level, than 
that on the west side. It was found, that the hill 
on this side, was formed of clay and red sand- 
stone. 
FRAGMENT OF AN URN. 
Nothing was found in making this drift; but, 
when the workmen were filling up the drift, a 
fragment of unglazed pottery was found in the clay, 
which is represented in the annexed figure, No. 4. 
It was made of fine cream-coloured potter’s clay, 
