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centre was the body of another child, about 3 years old, laid on 

 the left side, with the head to E. Behind the head was a ' drinking 

 cup' [fig-. 83]. It is 7f in. high, 5^ in. wide at the mouth, and 

 3} in. at the bottom. The ornamentation, which will be best under- 

 stood from the figure, is made by the application of a notched strip 

 of bone or wood. Twenty-one feet east-north-east of the centre 

 was the body of a third and very young child, placed in a shallow 

 grave, with the head to E.N.E. The character of this grave was 

 remarkable, for it was sunk below the level of what had the 

 appearance of a trench, which ran in a direction east-north-east 

 by west-south-west, from a point about 8 ft. east-north-east of 

 the centre, for a distance of 15 ft. The trench was about 5 ft. 

 wide, but rather irregular, and 2 ft. deep, and in it were also 

 the bodies of the two other children just above mentioned. On 

 the south-west side of the mound there was at one spot a consider- 

 able deposit of large and small flint flakes and chippings, 118 in all, 

 and amongst them were several worked flints, four long and two 

 round scrapers. Amongst the materials of the barrow, at various 

 places, were three flint saws, three flint flakes showing signs of 

 much use in scraping, and a beautifully-formed long scraper. In 

 the central grave were several bones, all split open, belonging to 

 six adult oxen. 



XXII. The last barrow in this group was a little to the south of 

 the others. It was 54 ft. in diameter, 1 ft. high, and made up of 

 earth, chalk rubble, and flint blocks, the latter principally on the 

 south-east side. Within the mound was a circular trench, having 

 an inner diameter of 23 ft., 2^ ft. deep, and varying from Ih ft. to 

 2^ ft. in width. It was sunk into the rock, and had been filled 

 in again with the chalk which had been removed in forming it. 

 It was incomplete on the south- south -east side, where a space 

 of 8 ft. in length had never been excavated. At the bottom of this 

 trench, at a point which was marked by a slight increase in depth 

 and width, and was 13 ft. east-by-south from the centre, was the 

 body of a man, about 65 years of age, laid on the right side, and 

 with the head to S. by E., the hands being placed in front of the 

 hips. In the trench a few occasional pieces of charcoal were met 

 with. Six feet east-by-south of the centre, on the natural surface, 

 but with a layer of flints both above and below it, was the body of 

 probably a male, from 16 to 18 years of age, laid on the left side, the 

 head to E. and the hands up to the face. Seven feet east-north- 



