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which had been raised a small mound of stones and earth 

 about H ft. high and 8 ft. in diameter. Be- 

 low this was an oval hollow 3 ft. by 2^ ft,, 

 sunk 1 ft. 4 in. below the natural surface, 

 and having a direction north-east by south- 

 west. It was filled in with dark -coloured 

 mould and a few stones, below which on the 

 bottom was a deposit of burnt bones belonging 

 to an adult of small size. Beneath the bones, 

 and apparently having been placed there before 

 they were laid in the hollow, was a very beau- 

 tifully-made flint knife [fig. 153], 3| in. long 

 and f in. wide at the broadest part. The one 

 face is flat and left in the same condition as 

 when newly struck off" from the core ; the 

 other, which is convex, has been most delicately 

 and skilfully chipped over the whole surface. 

 There is no appearance upon it of its ever 

 having been actually used, and it would seem 

 to have been made new for the purposes of the 

 burial. It is one of that class of flint imple- 

 ments which I have met with on several 

 -^-~- occasions, and which when accompanying a 



m. h>. burnt body have still in no case themselves 



Fia'. 153. i. passed through the fire. 



