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powerfullj'-made young' man, in the very prime of life, who more- 

 over, from the associated articles found with his body, and from 

 the very burial-mound itself, w^ould appear to have been a man of 

 importance amongst his people, and necessarily therefore, in such 

 times, a man of war\ 



Parish op Helperthorpe. Ord. Map. xcv. s.w. 



The two barrows next to be described were situated some miles 

 to the west of the last, but upon the same tract of high land, be- 

 tween the valley of the Derwent and the great wold valley; upon 

 the crown however, and not upon the slope, of the hill. 



XL. The first examined was 72 ft. in diameter, 3 ft. hisrh, and 

 made principally of earth, having- some chalk near the centre. It 

 contained a single interment, which was placed in a grave at the 

 centre ; this was oval, lying- north and south, 6 ft. by 4f ft. and 

 3 ft. deep, and filled in with earth and some chalk rubble. At the 

 bottom was the body of a young man, laid upon the left side, with 

 the head to N. ; the right hand was up to the chin, the left behind 

 and at the back of the head, with the fingers doubled in. In the 

 mound were some flint chippings, a small barbed arrow-point of 

 flint, and two sherds of pottery. 



XLI. The second barrow was only a few yards to the south of 

 the last. It was 69 ft. in diameter, 3 ft. high, and made of earth, 

 with some chalk intermixed. At the centre, about 9 in. below the 

 surface of the mound, was the body of a child, about 12 years 

 of age, laid on the right side, with the head to S., but so 

 much decayed that the position of the hands could not be 

 made out. Immediately in the rear of it was a second body, 

 that of an adult, also laid on the right side, and with the head in 

 the same direction as that of the first ; in this case also the arrange- 

 ment of the hands could not be ascertained. In front of the face 

 was a barbed arrow-point of flint, 1^ in. long. Below these bodies 

 there was a grave, of an irregularly circular form, 4 ft. in diameter 

 and 2 ft. deep, which had been filled in with chalk. In it was the 

 body of a man, past the middle period of life, laid on the left side, 



* Tliis difficult question is more fully considered in the Introduction, to whicli the 

 reader is referred. 



