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woman, and close by them some other bones, which possibly all be- 

 longed to her ; with these was the pre-molar of an ox. Just south 

 of the centre, and a foot above the natural surface, were several bones 

 broken and fragmentary like those already described. Close to the 

 centre, Sin. above the natural surface, and just under the edge of 

 the flag-stones, laid flat as already described, were parts of three 

 skulls, those of an old person, of a child about seven years old, and 

 of an infant ; together with some other bones, including part of the 

 upper jaw of an aged person, unburnt, and two pieces of burnt 

 bone. In the cairn, dispersed in various parts of it, were numerous 

 bones of ox and some of a kid or lamb. 



There was no appearance of a body in its entirety ever having 

 been placed within the mound ; nor were any of the smaller bones, 

 such as those of the hand and foot, met with at all in it. The 

 inference which it seems almost necessary to draw from these 

 appearances is, that the bodies had originally been deposited at 

 some other place and afterwards had been transferred to this burial 

 mound. Somewhat similar instances have occurred elsewhere in 

 the course of my barrow explorations, and though it certainly was 

 not the general rule amongst the pre-Roman occupants of Britain 

 to follow such a custom, it is quite possible that this practice, 

 which has prevailed amongst several peoples widely differing in 

 race, place, and condition, may have at times been adopted in this 

 country also. 



Another cairn, situated about half-a-mile to the north-east of that 

 last described, was 42 ft. in diameter, but the height could not be 

 measured in consequence of its having been opened two years ago 

 by a gentleman at that time resident in the neighbourhood. I was 

 unable to get any very accurate information as to what had been 

 met with on the occasion, beyond the fact that more than one 

 unburnt body had been discovered. This indeed was sufficiently 

 apparent from the remains of bones which were still lying about. 

 I think it advisable to record this, as it tends to show that in- 

 humation was the prevailing mode of interment in the locality, as 

 will be more clearly evidenced by the contents of other cairns. 



About a mile to the north-east of the last-described cairn are 

 three others, which have all undergone very serious disturbance, 

 in consequence of the larger stones having been removed from them 

 for the purpose of building a wall to divide Crosby Garrett from 





