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side, the head to W., and the hands up to the face. The grave was 

 filled in with earth, clay, and flints. 



Fig. 103. f . 



XXX. The second barrow was 43 ft. in diameter, 1 ft. high, and 

 made of earth. At the centre, in a hollow about 9 in. deep, and 

 running north and south, 2 ft. 4 in. by 1 ft. 10 in., was a deposit of 

 bones, the remains of the body of an adult, which had been burned 

 on the spot. Lying upon them, at their northern limit, was an 

 oval flint knife, ealcinetl. It is 2| in. long by li in. wide, and very 

 carefully chipped all round the edge except at the butt. Amongst 

 the material of the barrow was part of a leaf-shaped arrow-point 

 of flint. 



Parish of Binnington. Ord, Map. xcv. s.w. 



XXXI. The third barrow, which, though in a different parish 

 from the last, was but a very short distance from it, was 54 ft. in 

 diameter, l|^ft. high, and made of earth. Throughout the whole 

 area of the mound the natural surface of the ground was covered 

 with large flint blocks, while amongst them were many chippings of 

 flint and a small broken honestone axe, 'd\ in. long. A little to 

 the west of the centre there was a great deal of burnt earth and 

 charcoal. At the centre was a pile of large flints, forming a small 

 cairn, under which was a deposit of the calcined bones of an adult, 

 laid in a round heap, Sin. in diameter. Below this burnt body was 

 a hollow, tending north-west by south-east, 5ift. by 3f ft., and 

 l^^ft. deep, which contained nothing beyond the filling-in (of earth), 

 except some charcoal and a single flint chipping. On the north 

 side of the barrow, which had been removed by the occupier of the 

 land, two vases were found, but whether in company with burnt or 

 unburnt bodies I could not ascertain. They are both of the ' food 



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