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in a very decayed condition ; it was laid on its side, the mouth 

 being turned to the south-west. Fifteen feet south-east of the 

 centre and about 1 ft. below the surface of the barrow were two 

 deposits of burnt bones, so much calcined as to be almost reduced 

 to powder. They were placed close together, each laid in a round 

 heap of about 10 in. in diameter. With one of them was deposited 

 an implement (probably a knife) of flint unburnt ; it is 2|- in. long 

 by 1 in. wide at the broader end, and gradually decreases in width 

 to the other end, which is rounded. It is carefully chipped to a 

 sharp edge along both sides and over the entire back at the 

 rounded and smaller end ; the other face is as it came off from 

 the block, with no secondary working upon it. It is not im- 

 possible that the vase, which was found not more than 3 ft. from 

 these burials after cremation, may have been associated with one 

 of them ; it has sometimes occurred to me to find a vase placed 

 a little distance apart from the burial which it apparently ac- 

 companied. Twelve feet south of the centre and 1^ ft. below 

 the surface of the barrow was another deposit of burnt bones laid 

 in an oval heap 12 in. by 10 in. At the same distance from the 

 centre as the last but south-west of it, and immediately beneath 

 the surface of the mound, was a cinerary urn of the usual shape, 

 very much decayed and broken ; it was filled with the burnt bones 

 of an adult. At the centre was an oval hollow, sunk 1 ft. below the 

 natural surface ; it was 3J ft. by 2 ft., the longer diameter being 

 east and west, and contained the remains of a burnt body, those 

 of an adult, and no doubt the primary interment. In the substance 

 of the barrow, with other fragments of flint, was part of a 

 beautifully-flaked and very thin leaf-shaped arrow-point. 



CXXXIV. The third barrow was 52ft. in diameter and 3|-ft. 

 high. About 17 ft. east of the centre was a pile of stones 2J ft. wide 

 and 2 ft. high ; beneath this, and at the height of one foot above 

 the natural surface, was a deposit of the burnt bones of a young 

 person ; they were laid in a circular heap 14 in. in diameter. 

 There was no indication that a burial had ever been made at 

 the centre. In the material of the barrow were some chippings 

 of flint, both burnt and unburnt. 



CXXXV. The fourth barrow was much smaller, being only 

 18 ft. in diameter and 1 J ft. high. At the centre were six stones, 

 set on edge in an oval form, forming a sort of cist 3 ft. by 2f ft., 



