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articles, himself most likely a dealer in such things ; the mounds 

 having been, very possibl}^, in existence many centuries before the 

 bronze implements were cast. 



CCXXIII. The oval barrow was 75 ft. in length and 40 ft. 

 in width, and had a direction south-east and north-west. It proved 

 to be, in some of its features, one of the most interesting sepulchral 

 mounds that I have examined, and seems to clear up the difficulty 

 as regards the manner in which the burning of the bodies in the 

 long barrows was accomplished. It had originally been a long 

 barrow, of the usual proportions as to length and breadth ; but, at 

 a time subsequent to that of its construction, it had been added to 

 on the south side, for the purpose of placing in it some addi- 

 tional interments. In consequence of this addition, the form had 

 become altered from that of a long mound to that of an oval one. 

 The additional part was made of earth. 



Before describing the manner in which the original long barrow 

 was constructed, and the way in which the primary interments had 

 been made, it will be well to give in detail the circumstances 

 connected with the several secondary burials found in the added 

 portion. At a distance of 14| ft. south-south-west of the present 

 centre, an oval cist was met with, placed on the natural surface of 

 the ground. It was formed by ten oolitic flag-stones set on edge, 

 and had two similar stones for a cover, and was paved at the 

 bottom with three more. It was 3 ft. 10 in. long, 2 ft. 10 in. wide, 

 and 1^ ft. deep, and had a direction east-south-east and west-north- 

 west. In it was the body of a child, about ten years old, laid on 

 the right side, the head to W. by N., the hands being to the hips ; 

 the head was placed close to the south-west side of the cist. There 

 were also some few disturbed bones of a second and adult body in 

 the cist. At the same distance south-south-east of the centre was a 

 second cist, formed like the first, but having only eight stones for the 

 sides, with three as covers, and the bottom, which was a foot above 

 the surface-level, paved with a number of small flags. It had 

 a direction south-west-by-west and north-east-by-east, and was 3 ft. 

 long, 2 ft. wide, and 1 ft. deep. In it was the body of probably 

 a woman, at least twenty years of age, laid on the left side, the 

 head to W.S.W., and the hands to the hips. Just above 

 the level of this cist, and a little to the east of it, were some 

 disturbed human bones, and the core of an ox-horn, with other 

 ox-bones ; under them, and alongside a large slab set on its edge, 



