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natural surface, were the remains of two unburnt bodies, one being 

 that of a child about eight years old, the other of a woman in the 

 middle period of life, but both so much decayed that nothing about 

 their position could be ascertained. Below the urn was an oblong 

 grave, lying north-east and south-west, 5 ft. long, 2 ft. wide, and 

 the same in depth. It contained the body of a child about 8 years 

 old, laid on the right side, the head being to N.W. by W., and the 

 hands up to the face, in front of which was a * food vessel/ It is 

 shaped like fig. 69, and has six perforated ears at the shoulder, 

 being 4J in. high, 5 in. wide at the mouth, and 3 in. at the bottom. 

 It is ornamented for a space of 3 in. from the top with twenty 

 parallel encircling lines of twisted- thong impressions, the ears 

 having, some of them three and others four, short vertical lines of 

 the same impressions upon them ; the remainder of the vase is 

 perfectly plain. 



CXV. This barrow was scarcely to be distinguished from the 

 surrounding ground, having no doubt originally been but of slight 

 elevation, and now very much ploughed down. It appeared to have 

 been about 50 ft. in diameter, and was not above 1 ft. high. Twelve 

 feet south-south-east of the centre, and placed on the surface-level, 

 was the body of a woman about 24 years of age, laid on the left 

 side, with the head to E. by S., the arms being crossed on the hips. 

 In front of the face was a ' food vessel,' which is in shape like fig. 

 70, 5 ! in. high, 6 in. wide at the mouth, and 2| in. at the bottom, 

 having four unperforated ears at the shoulder. It is ornamented 

 over the whole surface (except the ears) and on the inside of the lip 

 of the rim with bands of lines of finely-twisted thong-impressions 

 arranged herring-bone fashion ; the ears have short vertical lines of 

 the same impressions upon them. Behind the crown of the head 

 was found a bronze drill or awl like fig. 39, having a square centre 

 and finishing at each end in a sharp point. It is 1 T 5 ^ in. long, 

 the two ends being of unequal lengths, for if the division is taken 

 at the middle of the square central part, one end is T 9 F in. long, the 

 other i|- in. ; in other implements of the same kind which I have 

 met with the two ends are of equal length. At the right ear was 

 a portion of a bronze article [fig. 48], and under the left shoulder 

 were pieces of a second and similar one. There can be little doubt 

 that they are ear-rings, though it is not easy to understand how 

 they were attached; their size and lightness however, as well as, 

 the position in which they were placed, appear to warrant their 



