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the barrow and contained within the mound and covered by it 

 was a circle of stones, which I have little doubt surrounds the 

 mound, but as I did not examine the whole circumference, I 

 cannot of course assert positively that it does so 1 . Twenty-four 

 feet south-east of the centre was a small cist placed 3ft. above 

 the natural surface. It was 2 ft. long by 13 in. wide and the 

 same in depth, and was formed by a flag-stone at the bottom, 

 upon which rested two stones set on edge, constituting two sides, 

 and a cover-stone over them. Within the cist, which was filled 

 with sand, was a food vessel [fig. 143], lying on its side. It is 



Fig. 143. $. 



4J in. high, 5 in. wide at the mouth, and 2 in. at the bottom ; the 

 lip is unusually wide at the inside, being 1^ in., and is ornamented 

 with three encircling lines of twisted-thong impressions. The 

 rim has a similar line on the edge ; whilst below it are two lines 

 of thong-impressions, also encompassing the vase. No trace of 

 bone or other indication of an interment was found in the cist. 

 There can however be scarcely any doubt that an unburnt body 

 had originally been deposited in it ; and judging by the size of 

 the cist it must have been that of a young child. From the 

 nature of the material of which the barrow was composed, 



1 The subject of these encircling rings of stone or earth is fully discussed in the 

 Introduction. 



