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Z2 feet from the hedge of the field to the west. The skull, 

 facing north, was much damaged, and the skeleton was not in a 

 good state of preservation. The measurement from top of skull 

 to tip of toes was 3*9 feet, and the width from right patella to 

 back of pelvis 2*1 feet. The knees were drawn up at a very 

 acute angle. The left hand rested on the right forearm ; the 

 right hand below right side of ilium. The epiphyses of the 

 bones were not attached, the age being about 19 years; 

 probably male. The approximate length of the right femur 

 was taken as 1*475 feet, and the right tibia 1*2 feet, giving an 

 estimated stature, according to Rollet's method, of 5ft. 5'2in. 



No relics were found with this skeleton, and being so young 

 and much fractured, and therefore useless for scientific purposes, 

 the remains were carefully covered up, a leaden plate being 

 deposited with it bearing the date of excavation and the names 

 of the explorers. 



BARROW 3. 



Its Sittiation and Size. Barrow 3 is in the same arable field 

 as Barrow 2, a lane connecting the Ridgeway with Martinstown 

 and Dorchester dividing the barrows from the barn. To be 

 more precise, Barrow 3 is situated 70 feet from the western 

 hedge of the field and 125 paces from the northern hedge. It 

 is also 125 paces to the N.N.E. of Barrow 2 and ij furlong 

 south-east cf Barrow i. 



Barrow 3 has, like Barrow 2, been much reduced in height by 

 agriculture and the plough, but not nearly to such a great extent 

 as the much smaller Barrow, No. 2. 



A plan was made as the work of excavation proceeded, but 

 contours were in this case considered unnecessary. Approxi- 

 mately, the barrow is 93 feet in diameter, and at the present 

 time about ^\ feet above the old surface line, at the highest 

 part, although, no doubt, it originally stood as high as the turf- 

 clad Barrow No. i. We are unable to say with certainty whether 

 Barrow 3 was enclosed within a ditch, and time did not allow of 

 it being tested. 



