284 YORKSHIRE. EAST RIDING. 



unburnt. The vessel, a rudelj-made one, is of the type of the 

 cinerary nrn, like fig. 56, 6| in. high, 5 in. wide at the mouth, 

 and 3 in. at the bottom. Two lines encompass the inside of the 

 lip of the overhanging rim, which is If in. deep, and the outside 

 of the lip has a single encircling line, whilst below is a pattern 

 of triangular spaces filled in with lines, like that described at p. 71. 

 All the lines are made by impressions of twisted thong. There 

 appeared to be something like a circular wall of flints and chalk, 

 but very irregularly formed, enclosing the place of burning, its 

 diameter being about 11 ft. Amongst the material of the mound 

 was a fragment of a ' food vessel,' and another of a cinerary urn. 



The two barrows next to be described were situated about half- 

 a-mile to the west of the last one ; but, unlike it, they were 

 placed in a valley, upon a deposit of chalk gravel. As was 

 found to be the case in the last barrow, and in almost all those 

 at Gardham, these contained interments after cremation. 



LXXX. The first was oval in form, being 70 ft. by 62 ft. : this 

 was probably due to the action of the plough, and not to any 

 departure from the ordinary round shape in its original construc- 

 tion. It was still, though much reduced by cultivation within 

 the last few years, 4 ft. high ; and it had a further elevation from 

 its having been erected upon a knoll. It was composed principally 

 of earth, with some chalk and flint interspersed. At the centre 

 was a deposit of burnt bones, those of an adult, probably a man, 

 placed in a circular hollow If ft. in diameter and sunk to a depth 

 of about 1 ft. below the surface of the gi'ound. The body had been 

 burnt on the spot, and the bones then collected and deposited in 

 the hollow which had been first made ; over the bones was laid 

 a large quantity of charcoal, the remains no doubt of the funeral 

 pile. 



LXXXI. The second barrow was 60 ft. in diameter and still 3^ ft. 

 high, though, like the last, it had been much reduced in height by 

 the action of the plough. It was composed of earth, with some 

 chalk and flint intermixed. At the centre was a hollow, excavated 

 in the chalk gravel, 14 in. in diameter and H ft. deep, in which 

 was a deposit of the burnt bones of a child, not above three 

 years old, resting upon a layer, 2 in. thick, of black-coloured sand 

 full of pieces of charcoal, and having another layer, 8 in. thick, of 



