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at that point. It was 36 ft. in diameter, 5 ft. high, and made of 

 chalk and earth ; the barrow at a distance of 12 ft. south-west of 

 the centre being* entirely formed of chalk, which gradually decreased 

 towards the north-east, until, at a point a little beyond and to 

 the east of the centre, it consisted wholly of earth. At a depth of 

 one foot above the natural surface, and S^ ft. south-by-east of the 

 centre, was the body of a young person about 14 years of age, laid 

 on the left side, with the head to E. by S., the right hand being on 

 the hips, the left to the right elbow; it was covered over with chalk 

 slabs. At the same level as the last body, and 7| ft. south-west-b}^- 

 south of the centre, was the body of a child about a year old, laid 

 with the head to S. Close to the child, and chiefly near its head, 

 w€re many bones of a large man, having- evidently been disturbed 

 and replaced, and which probably belonged to a partially dismem- 

 bered body found 6h ft. south-west-by-west of the centre. This 

 body (that of a man of considerable strength and at least 30 years 

 of age), as well as could be judged from what was left of it, had 

 been placed on the right side, with the head to W. by N., the 

 right hand being to the hips, the left arm extended down the side. 

 The lower part of the body had been cut away; and the bones 

 which were found close to the child corresponded in size with 

 those of this skeleton, and they were moreover the bones which 

 were absent from it; the upper part had not been interfered with. 

 To the south of the centre, and about 1 h ft. above the surface-level, 

 were a number of calcined human bones widely scattered. A foot 

 higher than the last-named body, but a little nearer to the centre, was 

 another body, probably that of a boy from 16 to 18 years of age, 

 laid on the right side, with the head to W.N.W., the hands being 

 in front of the chest. At a distance of 9 ft. south-south-west of the 

 present centre of the barrow, measuring to its own centre, was an 

 oval grave, north-west and south-east, 9^ ft. by 6 ft. and 5 ft. 

 deep, principally filled in with chalk. At a depth of 4 ft., and 

 placed about the middle of the grave, was the body of a young 

 woman from 18 to 20 years of age, laid on the right side, the 

 head to S., the hands up to the face, in front of which was a 

 ' food vessel.' Below the head was a round flint scraper, at the 

 right elbow three bone beads, and below the hips a fourth bone 

 bead and a small bronze drill or awl. The body had flat pieces 

 of chalk set round it, and just in front of the hips were the bones 

 of the right fore-leg and some of the ribs of a young pig, and an 

 astragalus of a goat or sheep ; the remains, no doubt, of food placed 



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