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this body was part of the lower jaw of a very old person ; but 

 whether the body to which it belonged had been destroyed by the 

 plough, or in the process of inserting that of the aged man just 

 referred to, it was not possible to decide. Due north and south of 

 the body, about 1 ft. distant from it, were two circular holes, each 

 3 ft. in diameter and If ft. deep. In one of them, that to the 

 north, was a piece of the shoulder-blade of a pig; in the other, part 

 of a human metacarpal bone. Amongst the material of the barrow 

 were several flint chippings and potsherds, together with a con- 

 siderable quantity of charcoal. It would seem that a vase had 

 been destroyed by the plough, as many pieces of such a vessel were 

 found scattered about in one particular place on the east side of the 

 mound and amongst the soil which had been turned over in the 

 course of ploughing. 



XLV. The barrow next to be noticed lay about a quarter of a 

 mile south-east of the last, and was placed on the crown of the 

 hill. It was 54 ft. in diameter, 2 ft. high, and made of earth with 

 some addition of chalk. Twelve feet south of the centre, and laid 

 on the natural surface, was the body of a child, too much decayed 

 to permit the position to be noted. At a distance of 9 ft. south- 

 west of the centre was the body of another and very young child, 

 in an oval hollow, If ft. by 1 ft., and 8 in. deep, but in the same 

 decayed condition as the last. About 1 ft. north-west of this 

 body, and probably in intended connection with it, was a ' food 

 vessel,' laid upon its side, and having the mouth turned to the 

 north-east. It is shaped like fig. 71, with four unpierced ears 

 at the shoulder; 4 in. high, 5 in. wide at the mouth, and 2f in. at 

 the bottom. The upper part of the vessel for a depth of If in., 

 and the inside of the rim, are ornamented with lines, almost touch- 

 ing each other, arranged herring-bone fashion, and made by the 

 impression of very thin and closely-twisted thong. Round the 

 vase were large numbers of bones of the vole. At the centre was 

 an oval grave, lying north and south, 7f ft. by 5f ft., and If ft. 

 deep. In it, on the bottom, was a body so much decayed that 

 nothing could be determined about it, except that it was an adult 

 and had been buried in a contracted position. Together with it, 

 and also in a very decayed condition, was a * food vessel/ There 

 are however sufficient remains left to show that it had been in 

 shape like fig. 69, but with two ribs, and about 5| in. high. 

 The ornamentation, which is confined to the inside of the lip and 



