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in Wiltshire, though they do occur inj other 

 counties, as, for example, ^Su^ldn^fe^«sIiiLe< where 

 the famous Cave of Wayland the Smith is cer- 

 tainly the remains of a barrow of this kind. In 

 Derbyshire and Staffordshire a type of chambered 

 mound does occur, but it seems uncertain from 

 the description given whether it is round or 

 elongated. 



Turning first to the Wiltshire and Gloucester- 

 shire group of barrows we find that they are usually 

 from 120 to 200 feet in length and from 30 to 60 

 in breadth. In some cases there is a wall of dry 

 stone-masonry around the foot of the mound and 

 outside this a ditch. The megalithic chambers 

 within the mound are of three types. In the 

 first there is a central gallery entering the mound 

 at its thicker end and leading to a chamber or 

 series of chambers (Fig. 3, a and c). Where this 

 gallery enters the mound there is a cusp-shaped 

 break in the outline of the mound as marked by 

 the dry walling, and the entrance is closed by a 

 stone block. The chambers are formed of large 

 slabs set up on edge. Occasionally there are 

 spaces between successive slabs, and these are 

 filled up with dry masonry. The roof is made 

 either by laying large slabs across the tops of the 

 sides or by corbelling with smaller slabs as at 

 Stoney Littleton. 



In the second type of chambered barrow there 

 is no central corridor, but chambers are built in 



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