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occasion, for some burnt bones, discovered at the centre and upon 

 the natural surface, were so few in number and scattered so widely, 

 that it seems improbable they were in their original condition. 

 The bones were of two bodies, one an adult, the other a young 

 person. With the bones were two pieces of pottery,, one a portion 

 of a cinerary urn. The barrow however, if it had ever been opened, 

 must have undergone that process very many years ago, for the 

 earth was as solidly compacted as in those which have never been 

 disturbed. 



CIX. The next barrow was 56 ft. in diameter, 1 ft. 9 in. high, 

 and made of earth. On the natural surface, at the centre of the 

 mound, were the remains of the body of a child about eight years 

 of age, which had been burnt on the spot. They were placed in a 

 round heap 12 in. in diameter, and surrounded by large pieces of 

 charcoal. Upon the bones was laid a vessel of pottery, and amongst 

 them was a pin (calcined) made from the wing bone of a bird, and 

 a worked piece of burnt flint evidently part of a small implement. 

 The vase is in shape like fig. 130, 6^ in. high, 4| in. wide at the 

 mouth, and 2f in. at the bottom. The ornamentation is confined to 

 the overhanging rim, and consists of alternate series of vertical and 

 horizontal lines of thong-impressions similar to those on fig. 54. 

 In the material of the mound was a single bone of a red-deer. 



ex. This barrow was 58 ft. in diameter, 2 ft. high, and made of 

 earth and chalk. At a distance of 13 ft. east-by-south from the 

 centre was the body of a man of great strength, from 25 to 30 years 

 of age, laid on the right side, with the head to N. by E., the hands 

 being up to the face ; the body was placed a foot above the surface 

 of the ground. At a little higher level than the last, and just east 

 of the centre, was a second body, that of a tall man of very great 

 strength, from 20 to 25 years of age, laid on the left side, and 

 having the head to E. by S., the hands being in front of the chest, 

 the fingers doubled in. Close to the face was a small round flint 

 scraper. At the centre, and placed in a very shallow grave, was the 

 body of a man about 35 years of age, laid on the right side, the 

 head being to S. W. by W. ; the right arm was extended down the 

 side, the left crossed over the stomach. The body was but slightly 

 contracted, there being a distance of 3 ft. 9 in. between the crown 

 of the head and the right knee, and one of 2 ft. 8 in. between the 

 chin and the left knee. The left thigh was laid over the right, the 



