252 YORKSHIRE. EAST RIDING. 



LXIV. The first was 70 ft. in diameter, 2| ft. high, and was 

 composed of earth, except at a point near the centre where it con- 

 sisted of chalk which formed a smaller mound enclosed within the 

 larger. This inner mound was about 18 ft. in diameter, 1^ ft. high, 

 and covered the grave which will presently be described. At a 

 point 13 ft. south-east from the centre, and one foot above the 

 natural surface, was a single human pelvic bone. Twenty-six feet 

 south of the centre, and also 1 ft. above the surface, was the body 

 of a woman in middle life, laid on the right side, with the head to 

 E. by S., the right hand being in front of the face, with the fingers 

 doubled in, and the left arm over the right. Upon the right cheek- 

 bone there was a discolouration, caused by the oxidation of some 

 bronze article which had gone entirely to decay, having probably 

 been of small size, and possibly a pricker or awl. At a point which 

 had no doubt originally been the centre, but which now was 4 ft. 

 south-east of it, was a grave, having a direction south-east by 

 north-west, 10 ft. long, 8 ft. wide, and 7-| ft. deep, and filled in 

 with chalk. Dispersed throughout the whole of the grave were 

 numerous bones of the skeleton of a large-sized man, as also char- 

 coal in great abundance, there being a very large quantity at one 

 place, on the east side, and 5J- ft. below the surface. At the bottom 

 and nearly in the middle of the grave was the body of an aged 

 man, laid on the right side, with the head to S.E., and the hands 

 up to the face. Behind the head was a small flint knife, 1J in. 

 long, quite unused, and seeming as though it had been made 

 for the purpose of the burial ; while at the crown of the head, 

 below it, and also behind the neck, were small flint chippings. A 

 good deal of charcoal lay about the head and underneath it, and 

 just beyond the feet were some remains of wood, but in too de- 

 cayed a state to admit of the original form being made out. 



In the material of the barrow were two pieces of a ' drinking 

 cup/ many flint chippings, six round scrapers, five saws, two knife- 

 like implements, and some articles of uncertain use, all of flint. 

 A bone pin occurred, not connected with any interment ; and 

 another implement of bone [fig. 35], 6J in. long, which somewhat 

 resembles a spatula in shape, and bears upon its surface the signs 

 of long-continued use. It is difficult to assign any certain purpose 

 to it, but it may very probably have been a tool for the fabrication 

 or ornamenting of pottery. 



LXV. The second barrow was 55 ft. in diameter, 1J ft. high, 



