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higher and broader end, was, on the contrary, at the narrower end, 

 of which also it must be recorded that it was so low in elevation 

 as to lose itself imperceptibly in the general level of the surface of 

 the ground. The mound was made up of oolite rubble many of 

 the flags being very large and of clayey sand. It is now, at the 

 northernmost and highest end, 4J ft. high, but has originally been 

 much higher, a great quantity of stones having been, at different 

 times, taken away from it. Some years ago, the tenant, Mr. 

 Pickersgill, discovered a cist on the south-east side, at a distance of 

 about 14 ft. from the highest part of the mound. It was placed 

 about 2% ft. above the natural surface, and was formed of four flag- 

 stones set on edge, with one large cover-stone, the bottom being 

 paved with small stones. It contained a skeleton in a contracted 

 position, with the head laid to the north. This was, no doubt, a 

 secondary interment, made long after the mound had been raised 

 over the primary burials. All the remaining part of the barrow was 

 very thoroughly examined under my own supervision, and it was 

 found that the remains of bones were confined to a line which ran 

 midway through the mound for a certain distance from the extreme 

 south towards the north. This deposit of bones commenced at the 

 point where, as above noticed, the barrow died away into the 

 natural level of the ground. At this place was an irregularly- 

 shaped hollow, excavated 2|- ft. below the surface ; it was east and 

 west, being 6 ft. long by 3 ft. wide, and had an offset at the west end 

 of the south side 3J ft. long by 3| ft. wide, thus forming a figure 

 somewhat like the letter L. It was filled with burnt earth and 

 stones, having here and there, mixed up with the general mass, pieces 

 of charcoal and a few scattered burnt human bones, together with 

 a single piece of unburnt animal bone. At the upper part, about the 

 level of the natural surface, were two fragments of plain dark- 

 coloured pottery, and, 1 ft. below them, another similar piece, part of 

 the rim of a vessel. Excavated holes, something of the same 

 character as this in question, and occupying the same position with 

 regard to the place of burial, have been already described in the 

 account of the Westow and Rudstone long barrows ; and (as I have 

 already remarked) I should be inclined to consider this one, as well 

 as the other two, to have been designed with a view to aid in the 

 application of fire to the deposit of bones it was sought to calcine, 

 after the manner practised in the long barrows. 

 .. From this hollow there extended towards the north a linear 

 deposit of burnt earth and stone, 3J ft. wide, and reaching upwards 



