PARISH OF SIIERBURN. 



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The inside of the rim^ which is 1 in. deep^ is ornamented with 

 four encircling lines arrang-ed in pairs, and the upper part of the 

 vessel for a depth of 2 in., where a groove runs round it, has 

 irregular impressions upon it. The whole of the markings are 

 made by the application of twisted thong. Just in front of the 

 chest was a flint knife, 2| in. long and f in. wide, and in general 

 shape much like figure 98 ; one face is left just as it was struck 

 off from the core, the other is carefully flaked along both planes ; 



Fig. 97. 



it shows no trace of wear, and seems as if it had been made specially 

 for the burial. Immediately to the west of the legs of the last- 

 mentioned body, and in actual contact with it, was that of a 

 younger person, one whose age did not probably exceed ten years ; 

 this was laid on the left side, and with the head to W.S.W. 

 The bodies were both at the south side of the grave, and there was 

 a considerable quantity of charcoal near them. Some broken bones 

 of an ox were also in the grave; and amongst the materials of the 

 barrow were several flint chippings and four round scrapers. 



The relative ages of the two persons in the grave was such as to 

 preclude the idea that they were mother and child ; but we may 



