370 YORKSHIRE. NORTH HIDING. 



base 1 . At the centre, and 1-J-ft. below the surface of the barrow, 

 was a small urn reversed over a deposit of burnt bones, some of 

 which were contained within it, together with a calcined flint 

 chipping. The urn is a small perfectly plain vessel of reddish 

 colour and well-baked clay, 4J in. high, 4J in. wide at the mouth, 

 and 3J in. at the bottom, and may well have been originally 

 intended for domestic use. About 1^-ft. south of this, and in a 

 hollow 1 J ft. in diameter and sunk 2 ft. below the natural surface, 

 was a deposit of burnt bones with some charcoal intermixed, and 

 lying upon the top of the bones was an urn, on its side and with 

 the mouth turned towards the south-west. This vessel, shaped like 

 fig. 152, is 6J in. high, 4J in. wide at the mouth, 5| in. at the 

 bottom of the rim (which is 1| in. deep), and Sin. at the bottom. 

 The lip of the rim has a zigzag line encircling it, and the rim itself 

 is ornamented with a wide reticulated pattern; a space below 

 the rim, for a depth of If in., is occupied by a zigzag line, having 

 below it two encompassing lines placed close together ; all the lines 

 have been made by a toothed instrument of the nature of a comb, 

 or possibly by distinct punctures made with a sharp-pointed tool. 

 The hollow had a ring of stones round it, placed on the natural 

 surface ; and at one time a flat stone had apparently covered the 

 hole, but had been displaced probably when the upper interment had 

 been made in the mound. 



1 Many of the barrows in this locality have a square trench with rounded corners at 

 the base of the mound. The same shaped trench surrounds a large number of small 

 barrows on Riccal and Skipwith Commons, which on examination proved to contain 

 burials after cremation. 



