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body were six flakes and a well-formed but slightly chipped knife. 

 Close to the edge of the barrow, on the north-west side, was the body 

 of a young person, about 17 years of age, of doubtful sex, laid on the 

 right side, the hands crossed over the breast. This body was laid 

 on the natural surface, and there was a good deal of burnt earth and 

 charcoal below it. In front of the knees was a { drinking cup,' in 

 shape like fig. 120 ; it is 8J in. high, 6 in. wide at the mouth, and 

 3^ in. at the bottom, and ornamented to within 2-| in. of the 

 bottom with five bands of a reticulated pattern, alternating with 

 four series of six encompassing lines, all of which have been made 

 by a notched strip of bone or wood. 



VIII. The second barrow was 50 ft. in diameter and 2 ft. high, 

 but, like the first, had been much lowered by ploughing. At a 

 distance of a few feet from the east side was a deposit of broken 

 and scattered human bones, the remains of at least five bodies, 

 presenting the same appearances as those found in a like position 

 in the barrow last described. They had been placed on a layer 

 of clay, with interspersed particles of charcoal, which rested on 

 the natural surface and covered a space of about 8 ft. square. 

 Throughout a great part of the area of the barrow detached 

 human teeth were met with, strewed upon the natural surface. 

 Fifteen feet south-east of the centre there was a hole, filled with 

 chalk ; and at about the same distance north-east of the centre was 

 another hole, also filled with chalk, amongst which some animal 

 bones occurred *. Immediately south of this hole there was a good 

 deal of charcoal lying on the natural surface, together with part of 

 a human skull, some portions of ribs, and a few pieces of plain 

 dark-coloured pottery. At the centre was an oval hollow, lying 

 north and south, 5 ft. by 3 ft., and 2| ft. deep. It was filled with 

 chalk rubble, amongst which were two flint chippings ; and at the 

 bottom was a single piece of pottery, with some slight traces of 

 human bones, probably the remains of the primary interment. In 

 the material of the barrow several flint chippings were found. 



IX. The last of these three barrows was 60 ft. in diameter and 

 2 ft. high, and, like the others, much worn down by the plough. 

 Twenty-two feet south-east of the centre, and laid upon the 

 natural surface, were some remains of a much disturbed and decayed 



1 The bones are those of three oxen (bos longifrons). 

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