44 DORSET BARROWS. 



The following 13 Barrows, No. 29 41. are on Ridgeway, 

 and are shewn on the plan hanging in the Museum ; there are 

 a large number of barrows in the same locality. 



29. (No. 1 on plan), close to Weymouth and Martinstown 



road. There was a stone circle, diameter 10ft. 

 composed of 22 stones, with an open space or 

 entrance of 8ft. Within this circle were 2 cists cut 

 in the chalk, and at a depth of 3ft. the capping 

 stones of 2 kistvaens were reached, which were lined 

 with thin stone slabs, and a large stone upright in the 

 centre to support the roof. With one skeleton 

 were two small vessels about 4 inches high, and in 

 the other kistvaen, the stones composing it were 

 carefully and exactly fitting, and it contained the 

 bones of a young person. Aug., 1884. 



30. (No. 2 on plan). Contracted skeleton, with food 



vessel, and near feet, a cremation. 



March, 1884. 



31. (No. 3 on plan). One cremation. Aug., 1884. 



32. (No. 4 on plan). Contained a kistvaen, 4ft. x 2ft. 



lined with flat stones, and covered with a large 

 stone. Contained some bones. (Nos. 2, 3, 4 are 

 close together.) August, 1884. 



No. 5 on plan is the very fine example of a ringed 

 barrow, which appears not to have been opened by 

 Mr. Cunnington. 



33. (No. 6 on plan) near Dorchester and Weymouth road. 



Nothing of interest found. Sept., 1881. 



34. Another barrow in same field, not shewn on plan ; 



cremation in badly baked urn. Nov., 1888. 



35. (No. 7 on plan). Near the top a cremation, with 2 



bronze daggers, Gins, long, one having 4 rivets and 

 the other 6, and decayed wood of sheaths ; also an 

 early type bronze celt with small portion of textile 

 fabric adhering, and a portion of another bronze 

 dagger. In addition to these objects, two gold 

 ornaments of oval shape probably fixed to a dagger 



