The Barrows on Buffs Plain. 



About a mile away on Butt's Plain rise five more barrows, 

 and beyond them again two more. Of the first five, two Avere 

 explored by Mr. Bartlett, who was unsuccessful, and two by 

 myself. 



The two which I opened lie on the right of the track leading 

 from Amberwood to the Fordingbridge road. The northernmost 

 was considerably the largest, having a circumference of fifty 

 yards, and was composed simply of gravel and earth. In :t 

 we found only a circle of charcoal placed nearly in the centre 

 on the level of the ground. 



The other was more remarkable. It measured only thirty 

 yards in circumference, but was composed in the centre of raised 

 earth, above which were piled large rolled flints, making a 

 stratum of from two to three feet in depth on the sides, but 

 gradually becoming thinner as it reached the centre, which was 

 barely covered. It thus totally differed from that near Amber- 

 wood, where the earth flanked the stones instead of being the 

 nucleus round which they were placed. In it we found a circle 

 of charcoal ingrained with limy matter, a few remains of much 

 calcined bones, and a fine stone hammer bored with two holes 

 slantwise, to give a greater purchase to the handle. 



Besides these, I opened a solitary barrow situated between 

 Handycross Pond and Pinnock Wood, close to Akercombe 

 Bottom. It measured twenty-seven yards in circumference, 

 and three feet in height. After digging into it near the centre', 

 we found in the white sand, of which the mound was chiefly 

 composed, a good deal of charcoal on and below the level of 

 the ground, but failed to discover any traces of an urn, although 

 we went down to a considerable depth. 



Further, a solitary oval mound stood on the south side 

 of South Bentley, half way between it and Anses Wood. It 



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