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CXIT. The next barrow was barely distinguishable, having 

 originally been of very slight elevation, and being now almost 

 levelled by the plough. It appeared to have had a diameter of 

 about 40 ft., and was 9 in. high. At the centre, on the level of the 

 natural surface, was the body of an old woman, laid on the left side, 

 with the head to N.N.E., but the bones were too much decayed to 

 enable anything more to be ascertained concerning it. In front of the 

 face was a small but prettily-made flint knife, If in. long and f in. 

 wide, flaked carefully over the whole of the convex face. Close to 

 the body of the woman was part of the lower jaw of a child about 

 10 years of age, some pieces of the scapula of a goat or sheep, and a 

 few potsherds. Below was an oblong grave, lying north-east by 

 south-west, 6^ ft. long, 3f ft. wide, and 1| ft. deep. At the bottom, 

 and near to the south end of it, was the body of a woman past the 

 middle period of life, laid on the right side, the back being straight, 

 with the head to S. W. by S., and the hands up to the face. 

 Behind the head was a bronze awl or pricker like fig. 40, l|in. 

 long, the tang for insertion into the handle being h in. long. At 

 a rather higher level, but still behind the head, was a large, 

 roughly-made, round flint scraper, which probably had not been 

 deposited with the body. In the grave were many disturbed bones 

 of the body of a young person, the femurs and tibias of which 

 were placed together, in their proper relative positions, a little 

 above the breast of the woman just described. Ten feet south-west- 

 by-south from the centre was a hole, 2^ ft. in diameter and the 

 same deep, the sides of which showed signs of burning upon them ; 

 in it was a considerable quantity of charcoal and several pieces 

 of burnt flint. 



CXIII. This, also a small barrow, being now only 42 ft. in 

 diameter and 1 J ft. high, was made of earth and chalk. It had 

 been placed on a natural rise of the ground where the chalk rock 

 came to the day, and the grave, to be noticed presently, was 

 excavated immediately to the south-west of that point. Five feet 

 south-east of the centre, and on the natural surface, was the body 

 of a man past the middle period of life, laid on the left side, with 

 the head to N.E., the hands being up to the face. Behind the 

 shoulders was a ' drinking cup ' having a handle, the first of the 

 kind I have met with. It [fig. 86] is 7|-in. high, 5^ in. wide at 

 the mouth, and 3 in. at the bottom ; the ornamentation, which is 

 perfectly rendered by the engraving, is due to the application of a 



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