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for the space of an inch, the vessel is marked with oval punctures 

 irregularly placed. The * incense cup ' is 1 J in. high, and 2J in. 

 wide at the mouth ; it has perfectly straight sides, and is quite un- 

 ornamented, except on the flat top of the rim, which has some 

 irregular marks upon it. There had been much burning at the 

 place where the two vessels were laid, and they were surrounded by 

 burnt earth and charcoal on all sides ; but there was only one 

 single piece of burnt bone, which lay in contact with the side of the 

 upper vase. Six feet east of the centre, and at a height of 16 in. 

 above the natural surface, was a burnt body, the bones of which, 

 those of a person of full age, were laid in a round heap 9 in. in 

 diameter. Amongst them was a calcined flint knife, 1| in. long 

 and f in. wide, having one edge curved. This body had also been 

 burnt on the spot. Six feet west-south-west of the centre, and at 

 the same level as the last, was another burnt body, the remains 

 being disposed around a vessel of pottery, which was standing 

 upright, but did not contain any of the bones; this body, that of a 

 young person, had been burnt on the spot. The vessel, which is in 

 shape much like the last, has an overhanging rim IJin. deep, and 

 is 3| in. high, 3 J- in. wide at the mouth, and 2f in. at the bottom, 

 being quite devoid of ornamentation. Six feet east-north-east of 

 the centre, and placed upon the natural surface, was a burnt body, 

 which, unlike the others, had not been burnt on the spot. The 

 bones, those of an adult, were laid in a round heap 10 in. in 

 diameter. At the centre, and If ft. above the natural surface, 

 was a vessel of pottery reversed, set amongst burnt earth and 

 charcoal, with a very few burnt bones ; the body to which 

 these remains belonged had been burnt on the spot. The 

 vessel [fig. 61] is very beautifully made, a most perfect cinerary 

 urn in miniature. It is 4J in. high, 3| in. wide at the mouth, and 

 2| in. at the bottom. The ornamentation, which is confined to the 

 upper part of the urn, consists of a herring-bone pattern, the lines 

 of which have been made by a sharp-pointed tool. It will be 

 observed that both in this and the last-described barrow the 

 remains of the bones were exceedingly scanty, in some cases being 

 almost entirely wanting. The character of the vessels of pottery 

 presents another point of connection between the several burials ; 

 the features also of these vessels are so marked, and they are 

 themselves so different from those usually found accompanying 

 burnt bodies but not enclosing the bones, that they may be fairly 

 supposed to have proceeded, if not from the hands of the same 



