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body or upon the hips, were, as is commonly the case with 

 contracted bodies, placed at the side of the head, which also, as 

 noticed above, was bent a little forward. Still, the change from the 

 ordinary position is remarkable, and does not readily admit of 

 explanation ; and all that can be said is that, under the most rigid 

 observance of rule or custom, aberrant cases will occasionally occur 

 in common speech, ' There is no rule without an exception.' 



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There still remain, though many have been removed in the course 

 of agricultural operations, a considerable number of barrows upon 

 Folkton and Flixton Wolds, some of which, especially one called 

 Sharp Howe, are of large dimensions. Of these I examined three 

 upon Flixton Wold, situated about a mile to the north-east of those 

 on Willerby Wold, described at p. 185. The first of these, called 

 Elf Howe, had been removed to a great extent, and the grave had 

 been dug out before I had an opportunity of examining it. I how- 

 ever got an account of what was disco vered'from the foreman on 

 the farm, and I was able personally to inspect a small portion which 

 had not been disturbed. The barrow had been 60 ft. in diameter 

 and 6 ft. high, and was made of earth and chalk. Near the centre 

 a deposit of burnt bones was met with, over which some large flints 

 were placed ; this was at a depth of 4 ft., and as a great quantity 

 of burnt earth was observed immediately round the bones, it is 

 probable that the body had been burnt on the spot where the bones 

 were placed. Two unburnt bodies were found on the south side of 

 the mound, with one of which a vessel of pottery was associated. 

 At a distance of 17 ft. south-south-east of the centre I found the 

 body of a strongly-made man, laid on the right side, with the head 

 to S. and the hands to the knees ; the body was placed about 6 in. 

 above the natural surface. Immediately below the head was the 

 body of a very young child, the bones of which were too much 

 decayed to admit of anything being made out beyond the fact 

 that it was a child's body which was laid there. Still lower, 



id on the natural surface, was a patella, a radius, and some 

 other bones of a body, which had been disturbed, probably in the 

 interring of the person who was found buried above. At the 

 centre was a grave, lying north-west and south-east, 7 ft. by 6^ ft. 

 and 2^ ft. deep. On the bottom at the north side was the body of 



