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from those last noticed. It was in the parish of Thwing, but very 

 near its northern boundary, and close to the village of Wold New- 

 ton. About half a mile east from it is a very large barrow, called 

 Willy Howe, which was partly opened by the late Lord Londes- 

 borough, but without the discovery of any interment, the centre 

 not having been reached ; while about 300 yds. to the north is 

 another barrow, much above the ordinary size, though still not to 

 be compared in that respect with Willy Howe. 



The barrow was placed nearly on the level of the great wold 

 valley, on a piece of ground sloping down towards the north, and 

 was 70 ft. in diameter, If ft. high, and made of earth. It had lost 

 several feet of its height, through the action of the plough, within 

 man's recollection; and during the course of this lowering some 

 secondary interments had been disturbed. Within the mound, 

 and with a radius of 19 ft., was an encircling trench, excavated in 

 the chalk rock to a depth of 2^ ft., and with a width of 4 ft. at the 

 top and 2 ft. at the bottom. As the examination of this trench 

 was not carried out through the whole of its length, it is impossible 

 to say whether it was a perfect circle, or, like that on Potter 

 Brompton Wold [No. xxii], was incomplete. The first interment met 

 with was one of a man, laid on the right side, at a point 5 ft. east- 

 by-north from the centre, and placed 1 ft. above the natural surface. 

 The head pointed to the north, the right hand was down to the 

 knees, the left up to the face. Thirteen feet and a-half west-north- 

 west of the centre was a second body, that of an adult of uncertain 

 sex, laid on the left side, with the head to E.S.E., the right hand 

 up to the face, and the left under the corresponding thigh. It was 

 deposited a little above the natural surface, and there was a good 

 deal of charcoal at the back of the head. At the feet was a * drink- 

 ing cup,' the upper part of which had been cut away by the plough. 

 At the centre was a grave, 7 ft. in diameter and 4 ft. in depth. In 

 the middle of it, 1 ft. below the surface-level of the ground and 

 therefore 3 ft. above the bottom of the grave, was the body of a 

 person of uncertain sex and in middle life, laid on the left side, with 

 the head to E.S.E., the right hand up to the face, the left under the 

 hips, and having the fingers doubled in. Within the bones of the 

 left hand, and no doubt once held in it, was a small article, so 

 much decayed that nothing could be made out regarding it beyond 

 the fact that wood had entered into its composition. Upon the 

 middle of the right arm were laid two articles of jet, a button 

 [fig. 3], and a ring [fig. 5], the latter placed upon the former. The 



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