186 ANCIENT BRITISH URNS. 



of mouth, 12in. (Plate 7, fig. 7, Celt. Turn.) In "The Barrow 

 Diggers" (plate 9, fig. 4) is a fine urn from a cairn of flints at 

 Puddlehinton 9in. in height, 7in. diameter of mouth, 24in. 

 circumference at the top, and 16in. at the foot. This urn is one of 

 a numerous family which present a great variety in form and 

 ornamentation, extending from the base of the cone or shoulder of 

 the urn to the rim or mouth. All such are of the conoidal class. 



I have adduced examples enough to illustrate the classification I 

 have adopted in this paper, which resolves itself into the three 

 following heads, viz. : 



1. Urns of the cylindrical or sub-cylindrical form. 



2. Urns of the globular form. 



3. Urns of the conoidal form. 



And in conclusion 



" Si quid novisti rectius illis 

 Candidus imperti ; si non, his utere mecum. " 



T. W. W. S. 

 May, 1891. 



