304 YORKSHIRE. EAST RIDING. 



XCV^ The next bavrow was 54 ft. in diameter, 3f ft. hig-h, 

 and made of earth. At the centre was a grave of somewhat 

 irregular form. It had a direction south-east-by-south and 

 north-west-bj-north, and was 7i ft. long, and 4 ft. wide, 

 except towards the south end, where there was an extension to the 

 west for a width of 2| ft., and extending 4 ft. from the south ; the 

 whole grave being 6 ft. deep. In it, and just below the level of the 

 natural surface, was a body so much decayed that nothing whatever 

 could be made out concerning it, except that it was that of an 

 adult. On the bottom, at the south end, was the body of an 

 old man, laid on the right side, with the head to S. by E. ; the arms 

 were too much decayed to allow of their position being ascertained. 

 The grave was filled in with chalk, and near the bottom were two 

 splinters of red-deer's antler, probably broken off from picks which 

 had been used in making the grave. 



XCYI. The next barrow was a smaller one than any yet described, 

 being only 39 ft. in diameter ; it was 1^ ft. high, and principally 

 made of earth. At the centre was a pile of large flints which 

 covered a grave of an oval form, having a direction south-east-by- 

 south and north-west-by-north, 5|^ ft. by 3| ft. and 5 ft. deep. It 

 was filled in with chalk and a little earth, and at the centre on the 

 bottom was a deposit of burnt bones, those of a woman beyond 

 30 years of age, placed in a round heap 12 in. in diameter. 

 Amongst the chalk filling-in was a splinter from a red-deer's 

 antler. 



XCVII. This, one of the larger mounds, was about 100 ft. in 

 diameter, and still, after having been under cultivation for more than 

 seventy years, S^ ft. high ; it was made of earth, with a considerable 

 mixture of flint-rubble. It contained a single interment, that of a 

 man about 30 years of age, who had been laid at the centre in 

 a shallow hollow sunk through the surface soil on to the chalk 

 rockj and lined with wood, which did not however cover the body. 

 He was placed on the right side, the head being to W.S.W., and 

 the hands in front of the chest. Upon the right hand was a ' food 

 vessel/ and at the crown of the head, and no doubt associated 

 with the body, a long flint flake. The vase is in shape some- 

 what like fig. 70, but narrower in proportion, being 5f in. high, 

 6} in, wide at the rim, and 2| in. at the bottom ; it has four 

 unperforated ears at the shoulder. The ornamentation is entirely 



