290 YORKSHIRE. EAST RIDING. 



maker, at all events from what may be designated as one manu- 

 factory. These two facts seem to lead to the inference that no 

 great length of time had elapsed between the burials in these two 

 barrows ; and possibly one or more of those about to be described 

 may be included in the same category. 



LXXXV. The third barrow was 42 ft. in diameter, 2 ft. high, 

 and made of earth. At the centre, and upon the natural surface, 

 which at this point was a swell of the chalk rising higher than the 

 adjoining rock, was a deposit of burnt bones, consisting of the 

 calcined remains of two children, one of whom had died during the 

 period of the first dentition ; the bodies had been burnt on the spot. 

 Amongst the bones was a vessel of pottery standing upright and 

 set upon a second one, which was laid on its side, with the mouth 

 to the west, both being rude and ill manufactured. The first vase 

 is of the cinerary type, like fig. 130, with an overhanging rim, and 

 perfectly plain ; it is 6J in. high, 5 in. wide at the mouth, and 3-J in. 

 at the bottom. The second vase is also of the cinerary type, with an 

 overhanging rim, and, like the first, quite devoid of ornamentation. 

 It is 8J in. high, 5f in. wide at the mouth, and 2f in. at the bottom. 

 In this case the presence of two sepulchral vessels, in association with 

 the bones, is to be accounted for by the fact that they represented 

 two bodies. Cases however have been met with where a single 

 interment has been accompanied by more than one vessel, and in 

 this group of barrows it will be found that in a grave where a 

 woman and child were buried there were three * drinking cups/ 



This is not the first instance where the principal interment in a 

 barrow has been that of a child ; the most remarkable one being in 

 the large mound at Rndstone [No. Ixvii], where the burial was that 

 of an infant. Here there were two children, who may be supposed 

 to have died about the same time, and who cannot, when the 

 important nature of the sepulchral monument is considered, have 

 been other than the children of a person of importance in the 

 community. A fact like this, and especially when it is taken in 

 connection with similar instances, appears to me to be of consider- 

 able importance, when the social condition and the place in 

 civilisation of these people are in question ; nor do I think it would 

 be unfair to regard it as affording evidence that they had advanced 

 beyond the state of semi-savage life. 



LXXXVI. The fourth barrow was 57 ft. in diameter, 4J ft. high, 

 and made of earth, with some chalk intermixed. At the centre was 



