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interments found in these 160 Tumuli, classified under the heads of 

 Cremation and Inhumation, shewing their relative proportion for 

 each District, with the general result. The total number of inter- 

 ments is found to be 500, of which 318 are accompanied by 

 evidence of cremation, whilst in 182 there is the evidence of 

 inhumation. The relative proportion here is not so high in favour 

 of cremation as that shewn in Table I. by the simpler method of 

 classification. Nevertheless, cremation is largely in excess, as, 

 inhumation, 36*4 per cent., cremation, 63*6 per cent., shew a differ- 

 ence of about 27 per cent, for the latter. 



The Cinerary Urns amount to 236, or about 47 per cent, of all 

 the interments. Many of the urns were found in a crushed and 

 fragmentary condition, and many others, forty at least, were found 

 placed in the inverted position. Two of them are of very large 

 capacity, one of which measured 18 inches in height* and 15 inches 

 diameter at the bulge, and contained thirteen gallons of incinerated 

 bones and ashes. The other measured 22 inches in height and 

 13J inches in diameter of the mouth and 53 inches in the circum- 

 ference. 



f The Cinerary Urns found in Dorset are of various form and 

 size, and, on the whole, are devoid of much ornamentation. The 

 Chevron pattern is seen on some of them, but not often ; twisted 

 ligament marks in circular lines, and small round depressions in 

 rows ; and wavy zigzag indented circular lines are not uncommon. 

 Some of them have two or more knobs or bosses round the upper 

 part or neck, which are sometimes perforated, doubtless to serve as 

 handles, and for suspension and convenience of transport. In all, 

 the material, consisting of sand, clay, and particles of grit, is of a 



* 1. Roke Down (Celtic Tumuli, Turn. 2, p. 2). 2. Whitechurch Down 

 (ib. Turn. 41, p. 25). (Central District). By Messrs. Durden and Shipp. 



t The largest urn yet discovered in Wiltshire is now in the Blackmore 

 Museum, Salisbury, and was found in 1867 at Bishopstone, inverted. It 

 measures over 24 inches in height, and is barrel-shaped. The largest 

 recorded by Sir R. C. Hoare was found by him near Stonehenge, and 

 measures 22 inches in height ; is also barrel-shaped. 



