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to the east end of a long barrow before referred to. It had been 

 opened at the centre by the late Lord Londesborough, who found 

 in it two bodies ; one with a ' food vessel ' accompanying it 1 . I re- 

 examined it throughout, and found the bones of both bodies replaced 

 at the centre. One of them had been originally laid upon the 

 natural surface, and was that of a strongly-built, middle-aged man, 

 the head markedly brachy-cephalic. The barrow yielded no other 

 interment, and nothing more that four round scrapers, some flint 

 drippings, and potsherds was obtained from it. 



PARISH OF BUTTERWICK. Orel. Map. xcv. s.w. 



XXXIX. This barrow, which was placed singly, was situated on 

 moderately high ground, to the north of the great wold valley already 

 referred to. Though standing alone, it was not very far removed 

 from those on Sherburn Wold, the opening of which has been before 

 described; it lay to the south-east of them. It was 56 ft. in 

 diameter, 2 ft. high, and made of earth. At a point a little south 

 of the centre, a rude wall of small chalk stones, 1^ ft. high, ran 

 through the barrow, in a direction east-south-east by west-north- 

 west. At the centre there was a grave, sunk into the chalk, 10 ft. 

 in diameter, and 5J ft. deep. Near the centre of the grave, and 

 placed on its floor, was the body of a young man, laid on the left 

 side, the head to N.E., and with the hands in front of the breast. 

 The head and upper part of the body had been covered with turf, 

 and the bones were in consequence much decayed. The rest of 

 the bones were quite sound, having been covered with chalk, with 

 which the grave was filled. Along the back of the body was a line 

 of chalk flags set on edge. In the right hand was held, by the 

 handle, a bronze knife-dagger [fig. 37], the point of which touched 

 the chin. The handle had been made of ox-horn, the impression 

 of which, showing the grain most distinctly, is still quite plainly 

 to be seen upon the oxidised surface of the metal. The blade had 

 been fastened to the handle by three bronze rivets, which still 

 remain in the holes, and the haft terminates upon the blade in the 

 usual semi-lunar fashion. This instrument or weapon is of very 

 thin metal, highly polished, and the edges are quite sharp ; it is 

 4J in. long, and 2 in. wide where the blade joins the handle, and 



1 The vase is engraved in the Journal of the British Arch. Assoc., vol. iv. p. 107. 



