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collapse of the fiints, from the position they were in on the 

 previous day. 



No. II. WOMAN AND CHILD. Later on in the day, after 

 clearing away a quantity of the debris of the fall, the skeleton 

 of another adult, and also what appeared to be the skull bones 

 and teeth of a child, were found just above the primary 

 interment. 



On getting down to the original turf level, the following 

 different strata were observed. 



Nine inches of brown earth and turf. 



From Peg 1. 



to 



Original 



Turf Level 



8ft. Sin. 



One foot of chalk rubble. 



Three feet of flints. 



One foot of chalk rubble. 



One foot of stone flints. 



One foot six inches of rubble over primary 



grave. 



FLINT IMPLEMENTS. On October 9th, Mr. Legge was 

 enlarging the central space, at a point four feet six inches 

 South of the centre peg, and three feet below it, and four 

 feet to the East of it, when he found a flint implement, the 

 only one discovered in the barrow. It appeared to have been 

 thrown in with the other flints, and not put there specially. 



No. III. MAN. On Oct. 10 the new extension in the centre 

 was excavated down to the level of the primary interment, 

 and on the following day the skeleton was uncovered, and 

 the skull found to be in a fair state of preservation. 



No. IV. MAN. On Oct. 14th Mr. Charles S. Prideaux came 

 out from Dorchester, and successfully removed the skull, 

 by making a plaster of Paris mould for it. A fourth skeleton 

 was found three inches under the soil, twelve feet from the 

 W. edge of the cutting where the urn was discovered. 



The skull and thigh bone of No. III. Man were sent, with the 

 remainder of the bones, to Dr. Arthur Keith, of the Royal 

 College of Surgeons, who expressed the opinion that they 

 belonged to a man of about five feet ten inches in height. 



Captain and Mrs. Acland came out and visited the excava- 

 tions on Oct. 19th, and the barrow was afterwards filled in, 



