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natural surface, but at the spot there was a hollow, 2J ft. deep, 

 which had been filled up to the ordinary level, and upon that the 

 bodies were laid The one, the remains of a man about 20 years 

 of age, was on the left side, with the head to S. This body was 

 laid partly over the other, which was that of a woman, about 

 17 years of age, his legs being placed above hers. She was laid 

 on the right side, her head being to S.E. Her hands were up 

 to the face of the man, and it appeared as though his head had 

 been held between them. The left hand of the man was under 

 his own hip, and his right hand upon the hips of the woman. 

 The two bodies together occupied a space of no greater extent 

 than 3 ft. 8 in. by 1 ft. 10 in. Between the bodies were two small 

 'food vessels,' each with a cover 1 . One of these was set between 



* the skeletons of a large man, . . . and that of a younger person by his right side. 

 From the position of their heads they seemed to have been placed in the affectionate 

 attitude of embrace, as the two skulls nearly touched each other.' In the grave were 

 a bronze dagger-knife, two gold ornaments, a stone with two perforations, one at each 

 end, a bone implement, a drinking cup, and ' a great deal of charred wood.' Hoare, 

 Ancient Wilts, vol. i. p. 44, pi. ii. Near Warminster in a barrow ' were two skeletons 

 . . . the head of the smallest reclining on the breast of the other.' 1. c. vol. i. p. 68. 

 In a grave were two skeletons : ' the first appeared to have been a stout man, the 

 latter, being much smaller, was probably a female, and perhaps his wife.' In the 

 grave were a large number of bones, pointed and perforated, three celts of flint, 

 sharpening stones, an axe-hammer of stone, a jet ring, jet and bone beads, and a small 

 bronze pin. I. c. vol. i. p. 75, pis. v, vi, vii. In a grave at the centre of a barrow were 

 two bodies, one on the left, the other on the right side, and * each having the head in 

 the opposite direction. That which lay on the right side was . . . the skeleton of 

 a slender young person . . . the other was the skeleton of a much more robust person.' 

 Bateman, Ten Years' Diggings, p. 68. In a grave below a barrow near Cawthorn 

 Camps, North Riding, ' were two skeletons, deposited with their heads to the south, 

 the skull of one lying on the breast of the other. Near the head of each was a small 

 vase.' 1. c. p. 207. ' Two skeletons lay side by side, evidently those of a man and 

 a woman ... the bodies touched each other ... the head of each leaned towards the 

 other, so that the foreheads touched so intimately that the blade of a knife could not 

 be pressed between them. The right arm of the man lay across his breast, that of the 

 woman by her right side, over which his left arm was crossed, apparently to clasp 

 the left hand of the woman, whose arm was bent in that direction across the body.' 

 Warne, Celtic Tumuli of Dorset Tumuli Opened at Various Periods, p. 62. 



1 Vases with covers have very rarely been met with in Britain ; they have occurred 

 in Wiltshire and Derbyshire as well as in Yorkshire. I have met with another instance 

 on the wolds, near Goodmanharn [No. xcviii] ; and I believe two other vessels with 

 covers have been found in barrows on the wolds by Mr. Mortimer. ' A food vessel ' 

 with a cover was discovered in a barrow on Acklam Wold, in the East Riding. The 

 vase is figured in Phillips's Rivers and Mountains of Yorkshire, pi. 33, and is now in 

 the York Museum, but the cover appears to have been lost. In a barrow near Little 

 Durnford were three urns, one containing a deposit of burnt bones, and another of 

 them having 'a cover or lid . . . richly ornamented with indentations and zigzags. 

 This may be considered a very interesting discovery, and is the first instance we have 

 yet seen of a cover to a cup or vase.' Hoare, Ancient Wilts, vol. i. p. 221. One in 

 the Museum at Dorchester, but having no note of the place of its discovery, which 

 however was probably in Dorsetshire, is figured in Journ, Arch. Inst., vol. xxv. p. 52. 



