296 YORKSHIRE. EAST RIDING. 



of 1 ft. 5 in. below the surface of the original mound. This body 

 also had been burnt on the spot, and the appearances, in- 

 dicating the manner in which the burning had taken place, were 

 the same as in the last case. Amongst the bones was an ' incense 

 cup/ 2| in. high, 2f in. wide at the mouth, and 2^ in. at the 

 bottom. It is ornamented on the inside of the lip with a row of 

 irregular oval impressions ; on the outside immediately below the 

 lip are three encircling lines, and just below the widest part of the 

 vessel, 1| in. from the top, are three similar lines, the space between 

 the two series being filled in with a pattern like the triangular one 

 described p. 71 ; the impressions have been made with a sharp- 

 pointed tool. The remainder of the vessel, for a depth of | in., is 

 quite plain. At a distance of 17J ft. south-west of the centre, and 

 at the same level as the last two, was a third burnt body, that of 

 an adult, probably a male, placed in a hollow 1| ft. wide and 1^ ft. 

 deep. This body had not been burnt on the spot. At the west side 

 of the hollow, and about 9 in. above the bottom, was an ' incense cup ' 

 [fig. 62] amongst the bones, the remains of the skull being those 

 in immediate contact with it. It is 2|in. high, 2| in. wide at 

 the mouth, and 2 in. at the bottom. The pattern is due to the 

 impression of twisted-thong. There are two holes, 2 in. apart, 

 pierced from the edge of the lowest of the three lines which encircle 

 the vessel below the lip, to the middle of the inside of the lip, 

 a novel position in my experience for such perforations. Ten feet 

 south of the centre, and 1 ft. above the natural surface, was the 

 body of a very aged person of uncertain sex, laid on the left side, 

 with the head to N. by W., the right hand being up to the face, 

 and the left under the head. At a distance of llf ft. south-east of 

 the centre, and upon the natural surface, was a second body, that 

 of a person of uncertain sex, between 20 and 24 years of age ; 

 it was laid on the right side, with the head to S.S.W., the hands 

 being up to the face. In front of the head and chest there was 

 a large flint block ; and under the head and back, and extending 

 beyond them, were the remains of wood, upon which that part 

 of the body had been laid. The length of this deposit was 4 ft., 

 but there was no appearance of wood having covered the body, 

 or of its having been placed under the thighs and legs. Seven and 

 a-half feet east of the centre, and 9 in. above the natural surface, 

 was the body of an aged woman, laid upon the left side, with 

 the head to N.E. ; the arms were crossed, the right hand being 

 under the left humerus, the left hand in the hollow of the right 



