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XIX. The first one was 70 ft, in diameter and 1 ft. high, and was 

 made up of earth. At the centre, in an oval hollow 2 ft. by 1^ ft. 

 and 1^ ft. deep, was a deposit of burnt bones, those of an adult of 

 small size, with which was found a bone-pin also burnt. The 

 body had been burnt on the spot, and a great quantity of charcoal 

 in large lumps was placed above, below, and round the bones, 

 upon the top of which was an urn laid on its side, the mouth to the 

 south. It is in shape much like fig. 58, 6 in. high, 5 in. wide at the 

 mouth, and 4 in. at the bottom, and has an overhanging rim 2^ in. 

 deep, and is entirely devoid of ornament. In the barrow were 

 several flint chippings, a barbed arrow-point of flint, and two long 

 scrapers, one of them worn quite smooth at the end by use. 



XX. The second barrow was 42 ft. in diameter and 14 in. high, 

 and was made of earth. Fourteen feet south- west-by- west from the 

 centre was the body of an aged person, laid on the right side, upon 

 the natural surface of the ground. The head lay to S. by W., but 

 the bones were too much decayed to allow the position of the hands 

 to be made out. In a very slight hollow, 14 in. in diameter, at the 

 centre, there was a burnt body, that of an adult, and about 6 in. 

 above the bones was a thin flat piece of bronze, of indeterminate 

 shape. In the barrow were three flint scrapers, one round, another 

 long, and the third of irregular form. 



XXI. The third barrow, which lay about 150 yds. north-west of 

 the last, and upon the verge of the brow of the chalk escarpment 

 overlooking the valley of the Derwent, was one very prolific in 

 interments, and which presented moreover many and novel features 

 of interest. It was 60 ft. in diameter and 3 ft. high^ and was made 

 up of chalk rubble and flint. Seven feet south-east of the centre, 

 and 2 ft. above the natural surface, was the body of a child, probably 

 a boy, of above six years old, laid on the left side, the head to 

 E., and with the hands towards the knees. At the crown of the 

 head was deposited a ' food vessel ' [fig. 69]. It is 3f in. high, 

 4f in. wide at the mouth, and 2 in. at the bottom. The inside of 

 the rim and the upper part of the outside of the vase for a depth 

 of 1^ in. have encompassing lines of twisted-thong impressions, 

 a wavy line of the same impression occurring between the two 

 upper and five lower lines on the outside. Over the head of the 

 body and the vase, and to some extent protecting them, were placed 

 two large blocks of flint. About 3 ft. east of the child's body were 



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