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case the body was that of an adult of uncertain sex. Amongst 

 them were some fragments of pottery and a ' food vessel' [fig. 146] ; 

 it is 5J in. high, 5 J in. wide at the mouth, and 3 in. at the bottom ; 

 the pattern is all made by impressions of twisted-thong. With 

 this interment was associated a pointed oval unburnt flint 

 implement, flat on one face and untouched by secondary flaking, 

 and having the other face, which is convex, carefully flaked over 

 the whole surface. It is 1 J in. long and f in. broad, and must be 

 regarded I think as a knife, and is of a type of which I have seen 

 several specimens, found with burnt bodies but always themselves 

 unburnt. About 8 ft. west of the centre and 2 ft. above the 

 natural surface, laid amongst the stones composing the mound, 

 were two unburnt or very partially burnt bones, portions of a 





Fig. 146. . 



tibia and an ulna. They seemed to have been placed where they 

 were found as separate bones and during the process of raising the 

 barrow, for there was not the slightest trace of disturbance ; nor did 

 the appearance of the mound at the place, or any other circum- 

 stance, warrant the conclusion that an entire body had ever been 

 deposited there. At the centre was a circle of stones set on edge, 

 4 ft. in diameter, and resting upon the natural surface l . Within 

 this circle, and on the west side, was an urn so much broken and 

 decayed that only a small part of it could be preserved. It was 

 filled with burnt bones ; while placed upon them and serving as a 



1 Similar instances have been met with elsewhere, some of which are noticed in 

 other parts of this book. In Derbyshire Mr. Bateman found within a barrow at Flax 

 Dale a circle of stones surrounding the centre, within which was a deposit of burnt 

 bones in an urn. Ten Years' Diggings, p. 63. Mr. Warne records a case in Dorset- 

 shire, where within a barrow a circle of stones was found 10ft. in diameter enclosing 

 the centre of the mound, where was a cist with an urn. Celtic Tumuli of Dorset, 

 p. 33. 



