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rubbed down on the inner surface to about half the natural thickness. Part 

 of an arrow-point and several pieces of cut bone were found near the 

 skeleton. 



1 8. Cist interment at Lumberlow, near Waterhouses. The cist con- 

 tained the skeleton of a fully-grown young person, a good spear-head of 

 mottled grey flint, and a highly polished flint implement of uncertain use. 

 Above it were numerous pebbles, the leg-bone of a large dog, and a little 

 charcoal. 



19. ' Druid Barrow,' called Farlow, near Caldon. This contained the 

 skeleton of a young person laid upon the ribs of an ox or other large animal 

 placed transversely to the human bones, at regular intervals side by side. 

 The barrow also contained the skeleton of a young person in a rock grave, 



accompanied by an ornamented 

 vase 5 in. high, perhaps a ' drink- 

 ing cup.' Part of a large urn, 

 the upper portion of which 

 was ornamented with cheverons, 

 had been found at an earlier 

 period, and was broken up into 

 fragments in order that each 

 bystander might possess a me- 

 mento of the discovery. 



20. Swinscoe. An im- 

 portant elliptical or long bar- 

 row, called Top Low, measur- 

 ing 45 ft. long by 21 ft. wide, 

 was found, on examination, to 

 contain evidences of no less 

 than fourteen interments. The 

 barrow is believed to have been 

 originally circular, and to have 

 assumed an elliptical shape in 

 consequence of subsequent addi- 

 tions. The following are brief 

 particulars of the various burials 

 in this barrow, which are also 

 indicated on the accompanying 

 plan : 



1. Skeleton of a young person 

 in a contracted posture in a shallow 

 grave, cut about six inches deep in 

 the chert rock, having a stone 

 placed on edge at each end. With 

 it were a three-cornered piece 

 of flint and a small bronze clasp 

 which had been riveted to a 

 strap. 



2. Skeleton of young adult, 

 with an upright stone at the head, 

 and a round-ended flint near the 

 feet. 



PLAN OF INTERMENTS IN BARROW AT TOP Low, 

 SWINSCOE 



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