PARISH or GAXTON. 



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have been previously disturbed, and that these portions of thig-h 

 bones belonged to the primary burial. This is, however, a mere 

 conjecture, as no signs of disturbance at the centre were observed. 

 In the barrow there was found a piece of sandstone, which had been 

 used for hammering or pounding. 



The next group of barrows examined was on Ganton Wold, and 

 lay about a mile north-east of the last one. The group was an 

 extensive one. The largest barrow in the series had been removed 

 many years ago^ when a number of bodies are said to have been 

 discovered, and at least one vessel of pottery^ which is now in a 

 museum at Huddersfield. I examined the remainder, which, like 

 the others in the district, mainly contained burials by inhumation. 



XXIV. The first, and that one which was situated the furthest to 

 the south, was 40 ft. in diameter, 1 ft. high, having been like 

 the rest much ploughed down, and was made of earth. 

 Immediately south of the centre, and upon the level of 

 the natural surface, was an earthenware vase, around 

 which was a large quantity of burnt earth, and amongst 

 this, but widely scattered, were a few human bones, 

 slightly charred, and quite black. The vessel, in shape 

 like fig. 97, is 5| in. high, 5 in. wide at the mouth, and 

 2f in. at the bottom. The inside of the rim, which is 

 1^ in. deep, is covered with round dotted impressions. 

 The upper part of the vessel is ornamented for a depth of 

 2^ in. with lines made by a sharp-pointed tool, arranged 

 in a rough herring-bone fashion. At the centre was a 

 grave, lying north-east and south-west, 4 ft. by 3 ft., 

 and 1| ft. deep. In it was the body of a very aged man, 

 laid on the left side, with the head to S.W., the right 

 hand to the knees and the left under the head ; in front of 

 the face was a bone-pin, 3f in. long [fig. 102]. Amongst 

 the fiUing-in of the grave were several pieces of slightly- 

 burnt bone, similar in colour, and in other respects, to 

 those found near the vase. Judging from the appear- 

 ance of the barrow, and these scattered bones, it would 

 seem that the grave had been made after the deposition 

 of the burnt body, and that the remains of it had been 

 disturbed in making the grave. Upon this supposition, 

 the primary interment had been one after cremation. 



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Fig. 102. 



