512 LONG BARROWS. 



remains of bones were discovered until a point 26 J ft. from the 

 south-east end was reached, immediately to the west of a hollow, 

 2J ft. by 2f ft., and sunk 2f ft. below the surface, and in which 

 was a great -quantity of charcoal. The object of this hollow, ex- 

 amples of which have occurred in other long barrows, as for in- 

 stance at Market Weighton and Wass, seems to have been to aid 

 in the carrying on of the burning. Between the western edge of 

 the hollow and the ' menhir ' the whole of the interments were met 

 with ; they consisted of certainly six, and possibly of seven, bodies, 

 all of which, with the exception of two, and those themselves 

 doubtful, had been placed in the barrow in the condition of 

 deposits of disconnected and incomplete bones. In some cases the 

 bones were laid on the surface, in others on flat stones, and in 

 several instances small flat stones had been inserted between the 

 bones. As at Willerby Wold and Market Weighton, the bones 

 were frequently encased with charcoal in a mass of calcined lime- 

 stone. The bodies interred had been those of three adults and three 

 younger persons, and possibly of a fourth. Two of the adults were 

 strongly-made males, the third, probably a male, of slighter make 

 than the other two. 



As has already been observed, the primary burials and the burn- 

 ing along the mesial line ceased at the ' menhir,' but beyond to the 

 west of it many remains of bones were discovered, all apparently 

 belonging to secondary burials. A few feet west of the * menhir,' 

 and 7ft. above the natural surface, a few burnt bones were met 

 with ; these appeared to have been burnt elsewhere and placed in 

 the barrow afterwards. The western portion of the mound was 

 made of larger stones than the eastern, and at a place 80 ft. north- 

 west of the ' menhir ' was a large sandstone slab, 4 ft. 10 in. long, 

 3 ft. wide at the base whilst narrowing to a point at the other end, 

 and rising 3J ft. above the surface of the ground. Throughout all 

 that part of the mound which was to the west of the f menhir ' 

 many unburnt human bones, principally of children, were dis- 

 covered at various levels, some being on the original surface of the 

 ground. The children's bones were less scattered than those of the 

 adults, which in some cases were found as separate bones, and fre- 

 quently placed under large flag-stones. All these bones were in- 

 complete, and no entire skeleton seemed to have ever been interred ; 

 they presented much the same appearance as did those which were 

 met with in a round barrow [No. clxxiii] about two miles distant. 

 In the barrow, but all superficially placed, bones of ox, horse, goat 



