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and evidently inflicted by some heavy and very sharp 
weapon, were discovered; the collar bone and the left arm, 
a little below the shoulder, also bore the marks of severe 
wounds, apparently from the same cutting weapon; there was 
nothing else of interest in thishole. On Monday however, 
on opening another circle very near this, at the depth of 
three feet six inches from the surface, they found the 
rock faced with dry masonry in a nearly circular form. 
From the top of this masonry to the solid rock at the 
bottom, was on the east side twenty-three inches, on the 
west twenty-seven, on the north twenty-four, and on the 
south twenty-three ; the diameter of this circular chamber 
was in the broadest part four feet six inches, and in the 
narrowest, three feet eleven inches, the total depth 
of the excavation being about five feet six inches. 
About four inches below the top of the masonry were 
discovered the remains of two skeletons, lying almost 
across each other, the head of the upper one nearly south, 
and that of the lower west-south-west; they were lying 
on their sides, with their legs drawn up. About six inches 
lower a third skeleton was found, the head lying nearly 
due north. One of these skeletons bore marks of great 
violence, the skull being gashed with a sharp cutting 
instrument, and fractured by a large stone which lay upon 
it; part of the collar-bone was driven up into the arch of 
the under jaw, and the left thigh was severely wounded. 
Under this skeleton was a quantity of dark mould, then a 
layer of broken stones, then thin plates of lias, a 
stone not found on Worle-Hill, under which, immedi- 
ately upon the rock, was a quantity of wheat mixed with 
a little barley, quite black, but whether from the action of 
fire, or from decay, is not certain. With the skeletons 
were a few horses’ teeth, and mixed with the grain some 
