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CLXXXVIII. The second barrow, almost identical in size with 

 the last, was situated 125 yds, north of it, and was formed in like 

 manner and of the same materials, except that there was in this 

 case no enclosing- stone-circle. Upon the natural surface there was 

 placed a thin layer (about 2 in. thick) of burnt earth with em- 

 bedded calcined bones and charcoal, and containing an extraordinary 

 quantity of potsherds, chipping-s of flint, and what appears to be a 

 javelin-head of flint [fig-. 157], all unburnt. The javelin-head, if it 

 be such, is 2|in. long- and l|in. wide at the 

 l)utt-end, and is boldly flaked over the surface, 

 having finer chipping round the edges. The 

 layer of burnt matter did not extend throughout 

 the whole area of the barrow, but was found in 

 patches ; and there was no place at which it 

 could be said that the entire bones of a burnt 

 body had been laid. It was quite impossible to 

 form an idea how many bodies had been de- 

 posited in the mound, on account of the scattered 

 way in which the bones were dispersed. The 

 potsherds belonged to a very large number of 

 different vessels, which varied both in colour and in form but had 

 all been of plain hard-baked pottery, quite unlike that of which 

 the sepulchral vases are made, and had the appearance of frag- 

 ments of domestic vessels. The manner in which the bones were 

 disposed was certainly very peculiar, nor do I remember in the 

 course of my experience to have seen anything like it. The whole 

 of them had however certainly been deposited at one time, for 

 there was no appearance of any disturbance of the mound having 

 ever taken place. 



Fisr. 157. 



Parish of Doddixgton. Ord. Map. ex. s.e. 



This parish, which adjoins Ford, the river Till forming a part of 

 its northern boundary, has proved to be perhaps more prolific in 

 pre-historic remains than even Ford itself. There are several camps 

 of varied form, some in a very perfect state, and affording much 

 valuable evidence of the mode of fortification adopted by the early 

 occupants of the district. Part of a stone-circle still exists ; and 

 sculptured rocks with pit-markings and concentric circles engraved 

 upon them are very abundant. Barrows also are numerous, but 

 they have all been long since rifled, and without any record of their 



