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neighbouring districts a much more inelegant shape is prevalent, 

 which has no overhanging rim and much straighter sides [fig. 55]. 

 A second form [fig. 56] differs somewhat from that first described. 

 It has an overhanging rim, but does not present that feature in so 

 marked a degree as in the first type ; and the sides of the urn below 

 the rim, instead of sloping gradually to the bottom, have at that 

 part a concave belt of greater or less depth, from the lower part 

 of which they contract to the bottom of the urn. The over- 



Fig. 55. f . 



hanging rim may be said to be the principal characteristic of 

 the cinerary urns. 



There are numerous minor varieties found in different parts of 

 Britain [figs. 57, 58], and perhaps the south-western counties of 

 England show a more distinctly marked departure from the normal 

 types than any other district. In Cornwall and Dorsetshire they 

 are frequently found with handles, or rather perforated projections, 

 round the upper part of the urn. I have not known this type 

 to have occurred on the wolds, or anywhere in the north of 



