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south-west side of the hole and overlying the bones of the skull, 

 was an 'incense cup' [fig. 142]. It is If in. high, 2f in. wide at 

 the mouth, and 2 in. at the bottom. The whole surface including 

 the bottom is covered with punctured dots, those on the sides 

 in parallel encompassing lines, those on the bottom irregularly- 

 placed. The body had been burnt on the spot, the hole having 



Fig. 142. i. 



been first excavated, and much charcoal in large lumps lay about 

 and over the hole. 



CL. The sixth barrow was 24 ft. in diameter, 11 ft. high, and 

 was composed of sand. At the centre was a hollow 2 ft. in dia- 

 meter and sunk 1^ ft. below the surface of the ground. It 

 contained a deposit of burnt bones, those of an adult, amongst 



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