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high, 9 in. wide at the mouth, and 3f in. at the bottom. The 

 rim, which is 2 in. deep, has upon it a reticulated pattern placed 

 between double encompassing- lines. The lip of the rim has on 

 the outside one encircling line, and on the inside two, of oval 

 impressions ; below those on the inside is an encircling line, 

 immediately below which is a band of loops, each 1 J in. deep and 

 ^in. wide, forming a series of arches, having below them an 

 encircling line similar to that above. Below the rim are five 

 encompassing lines, rather irregularly placed, and below these lines 

 a row of oval marks encircles the urn. The pattern, except that made 

 by the oval marking, is due to impressions of twisted thong. In the 

 hollow above named was part of a human frontal bone, unburnt. The 

 barrow had charcoal mixed in its material throughout ; some pieces 

 of the antler of a red-deer were found in it. 



LXXIV. The fourth barrow in the line was 20 ft. in diameter, 

 1^ ft. high, and made of earth. At the centre was a very slight 

 depression in the natural surface, and in it were deposited the 

 remains of the burnt body of an adult, laid in a round heap about 

 10 in. in diameter. The body had been burnt on the spot, the 

 hollow having been first made. 



LXXV. This barrow, one of the two placed to the north of the 

 line of six before referred to, was 46 ft. in diameter, 2J ft. high, and 

 made of earth. Just above the natural surface was a layer of 

 calcined chalk and flint about 6 in. thick, which was very hard, 

 being nearly as compact as slag. It extended over the greater part 

 of the area of the barrow. At the centre, below this hard layer, 

 was a slight hollow, showing within and around it abundant 

 evidence of sustained heat ; a funeral pile having clearly been 

 built over the hollow and a body burnt on the spot. In the hollow 

 there were a very few burnt bones of a full-grown person, and when 

 the imperfect way in which they were burnt is considered, it seems 

 scarcely probable that all the remains of the body could have been 

 placed there. Some portions of a cinerary urn were found amongst 

 the soil disturbed by the plough. 



The three barrows which on examination proved to have been 

 opened on some previous occasion presented no features worthy of 

 special notice, and have therefore not been particularly described. 

 They had all contained burials after cremation. 



