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'similarly-coloured sand over the bones. The 'body had not been burnt 

 on the spot. 



LXXXII. About a mile to the north-west -of the two barrows 

 .last described I examined another. It was placed upon the slope 

 of the hill about two- thirds from the bottom, and was 46 ft. in 

 diameter, and still 1J ft. high, though much 

 ploughed down. It was made up of earth, with 

 a little chalk here and there. In it two graves 

 were discovered, lying 8 ft. apart, and being 

 respectively north and south of the centre, which 

 was midway between them. That to the south 

 was 4Jft. long, 2% ft. wide, and 2^ ft. deep, and 

 had the longer axis east and west. In it, on 

 the bottom and at the middle, was a deposit of 

 burnt bones, those of two bodies, one an adult 

 woman, the other a -child under 7 years of age ; 

 they were laid in a round heap, 13 in. in diameter. 

 Amongst the bones was deposited a flint knife, 

 unburnt [fig. 129], 2| in. long and | in. wide, by 

 far the most beautiful specimen I have yet met 

 with ; it is very delicately flaked over the whole 

 of the convex surface, the edges being serrated 

 with the greatest skill and regularity. It is 

 another example of those implements which, when 

 associated with interments after cremation, have 

 been usually found to be themselves unburnt. 



The northern grave was 4ft. long, 2f ft. wide, and 2ft. deep, 

 with the longer axis in a direction north-north-west and south- 

 south-east. The grave was covered over at the top with large 

 blocks of flint, amongst which was placed about the third part of 

 what had been, when complete, one of that class of vessels to which 

 the name of 'food vessel' has been given. The fragment was 

 quite perfect, and comprised a portion reaching from the rim to 

 the bottom of the vase, and it must have been when deposited 

 there in the same imperfect condition in which it was discovered. 

 It is 5 in. high, and has been about 6 in. wide at the mouth, and 

 is ornamented to a depth of 2 J in. with ten encircling rows of 

 lines of twisted-thong impressions arranged herring-bone fashion, 

 the inside of the lip of the rim being similarly ornamented. On 

 the bottom of the grave, and at the northern end, was the body of 



Fig. 129. 



