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and made of earth and chalk. It contained a single interment, 

 placed at the centre in a grave which lay east and west, having a 

 length of 10 ft., a width of 4| ft., and a depth of 7 ft. At the 

 bottom and placed centrally was the body of a man about 30 

 years of age, laid on the left side, with the head to E.S.E. ; the 

 right hand was up to the face and the left towards the feet. In 

 front of the middle of the right leg was a flint knife, 2^ in. long, 

 and before the face a flint chipping. Amongst the chalk with 

 which the grave was filled in were many disturbed bones of a 

 small-sized adult, probably a female, and also pieces of a ' drinking 

 cup,' together with charcoal and some remains of wood. Within 

 the grave^ and 2 ft. below the surface-level, was a piece of a red- 

 deer's antler, showing signs of having been worked, but too much 

 decayed to permit of its purpose being ascertained, the presumption 

 merely being that it had been an implement of some sort. Still 

 within the grave, but at a depth of 5 ft., was a broken tine of 

 another antler, probably a piece of one of the tools used in making 

 the grave. At a place 18 ft. south-east of the centre, and 1 ft. above 

 the surface-level, was part of a child's skull ; and 21 ft. south-east 

 of the same point, and 9 in. above the surface, were two large 

 portions of red-deer horns, both from antlers that had been shed, 

 of which, though much decayed, enough remained to show that 

 they had been shaped, and were not merely broken fragments. A 

 few pieces of a cinerary urn were also met with^ here and there, 

 and also many sherds of plain, dark-coloured pottery ; two saws, and 

 five scrapers of flint ; two fabricators for flaking flint ; a piece out 

 of the edge of a calcined flint axe ; another piece out of the middle 

 of a large and well-chipped arrow-point ; and several flint imple- 

 ments of uncertain description. 



It has already been mentioned that somewhat to the east of the 

 barrows last named there were some large mounds, evidently arti- 

 ficial, and which might be a priori assumed to be sepulchral in their 

 intention. These also were examined, and, although burials were 

 found in them, it is very doubtful if any of these could be regarded 

 in the light of primary interments. 



LXVI. The principal mound had an east and west direction, 

 either of the two extremities being of greater elevation than the 

 middle part. The extreme length of the mound was 137 ft., with 

 a mean breadth of 40 ft., the west end being 4^ ft. in height, and 



