Opening of tlje Kaunfc $arroto at 



By Major C. ASHBURNHAM. 



(Read 12th Dec., 1916.) 



AV1NG previously pegged out the levels on a 

 line North and South of magnetic bearing, 

 the work of opening the barrow began on 

 September 25th, 1916. A cutting three feet 

 broad was driven straight through the centre 

 of the barrow from South to North, beginning 

 at peg 4. The point selected for starting was 

 evidently a lucky one, as within a few hours of 

 working an urn was discovered two feet below 

 the surface, and four feet and a half North of peg 3, under 

 the West edge of the cutting. The urn measured nine inches 

 and a half in height, and two feet five inches at its largest 

 circumference. It contained burnt bones and a small bronze 

 awl, which fell on the ground with some of the ashes as I 

 was removing the urn (which was inverted). 



The following day, Sept. 26th, it was discovered that the 

 urn had been buried on the top of the original, or inner, ditch 

 of the barrow. The South edge of the ditch was two feet 



