ANCIENT CHAMBERET) TUMULT. 35 



JUmarfcs ntt Mimt Cjjantlierei Cunrolt, 



AS ILLUSTEATIVE OF THE TUMULUS 

 STILL EXISTING AT STONEY LITTLE- 

 TON, NEAR WELLOW, IN THE COUNTY 

 OF SOMERSET. 



1JY TUE REV. H. M. SCARTH, M.A. 



A MONG the most curious remains of ancient tirne, and 

 JLjL undoubtedly the most ancient, are the Tumuli which 

 still exist in many parts of this country, especially in 

 Wilts, Somerset, the Sussex Downs, Yorkshire, and else- 

 ■where. These are, however, fast disappearing, as eultiva- 

 tion is extending itself ; and have in past ages been treated 

 wnth little respect, and often rifled for the sake of supposed 

 treasures. To the historian of ancient Wilts, and to more 

 recent writers, we are indebted for much Information on 

 this curious subject ; and to the publishcd engravings in 

 Sir R. C. Hoare's valuable work we owe exact ideas of 

 the relics found in the barrows of the "Wiltshire Downs ; 

 while the unrivalled collection of sepulchral remains at 

 Stourhead give to the antiquary an opportunity of com- 

 paring the interments of different periods, and drawing 

 from thence inf^rences which become of grcat importancc 



