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the natural surface was a deposit of burnt bones rather widely 

 scattered and mixed with charcoal ; they were those of a person 

 of mature age and of uncertain sex. 



CXLIII. The sixth barrow was also small, being- 18 ft. in 

 diameter and 1 J ft. high ; it was made of sand. At the centre, in 

 a hole 3 ft. in diameter and sunk 1 J ft. below the surface of the 

 ground, were some of the burnt bones of an adult, which (as in the 

 case of the preceding interment) were much scattered amongst the 

 burnt earth and charcoal with which the hole was filled ; there was 

 a single piece of unburnt flint in contact with the bones. The body 

 had been burnt on the spot, the hollow having been first excavated. 

 Three feet east-south-east of the hole in which the bones were 

 deposited and just above the natural surface was a perfectly plain 

 vessel of pottery, placed with its mouth downwards and with some 

 charcoal about it ; it is shaped much like an ordinary cup without 

 a handle, and is 3| in. high, 3f in. wide at the mouth, and 2J in. at 

 the bottom. It is very different in many respects from the ordinary 

 sepulchral vessels, and it may well have been originally intended 

 for domestic use. 



CXLIV. The seventh barrow was. 32 ft. in diameter, 3| ft. 

 high, and made of sand. At the centre was a circular hollow 

 2 ft. in diameter and sunk 1 ft. into the ground. It contained 

 amongst charcoal and burnt earth a deposit of burnt bones laid 

 close together, the remains of the body of a young person which 

 had been burnt on the spot; the hole having been made after 

 the burning had taken place. Upon the bones at the south side 

 of the deposit was an 'incense cup' [fig. 64]. It is If in. high, 

 1 J in. wide at the mouth, 2f in. at the widest part, and 2 in. 

 at the bottom. The four encompassing lines below the mouth 

 have been made by the impression of finely-twisted thong. 



The next six barrows were situated near together and about 

 a mile to the south-east of those last described. With the ex- 

 ception of that first to be noticed they were all very incon- 

 spicuous, requiring a practised eye to detect that they were more 

 than natural ground- swellings and that there was anything artificial 

 about them. Though something of their present low elevation is no 

 doubt due to the continued action of the plough over a very light 

 sandy soil, yet they must always have been small in area and 

 low in height. 



