430 EARLY MAN IN BRITAIN. [CHAP. xii. 



a skeleton of a warrior was discovered resting on his 

 shield, which was made of wood, with a bronze boss in 

 the centre and an iron rim. On each side was an iron 

 horse-bit, with the metallic portions of harness, and the 

 wheels of a chariot. These were of oak, two feet eight 

 inches in diameter, with iron tires, and each had sixteen 

 spokes. Two boars' tusks were close by the skeleton, 

 one of which was carved and fitted into a singular little 

 bronze case. A second, termed the King's Barrow, 

 yielded similar remains. A skeleton of an old man lay 

 in an excavation in the chalk about one and a half feet 

 deep, resting on his back, with arms crossed on the 

 breast, and legs crossed. The skulls of two wild boars 

 were close to the head, and on either side a chariot 

 wheel, and the skeletons of two small horses with all 

 their iron and bronze accoutrements. 



A third tumulus, about three feet high, termed the 

 Queen's Barrow, gives us an idea of the interment of a 

 woman of rank. A female skeleton lay in a grave cut 

 in the chalk about a foot deep, with head to the north, 

 and with feet gathered up. The neck had been sur- 

 rounded by a necklace of about a hundred glass beads, 

 most of which were deep -blue with circlets of white, 

 some of clear green colour, traversed by a wavy opaque 

 white line, probably intended to represent the figure of 

 a snake. A ring of red amber lay near the breast, as 

 well as a radiated fibula of Eoman type, and a pendant 

 to match set with ivory, two bronze bracelets orna- 

 mented with enamel, a bronze ring, tweezers, two pins 

 with rings at the head, and a gold finger-ring. A 

 small socketed celt, about an inch long, with a small 

 light-blue glass bead attached to it by a pin, was dis- 

 covered in another barrow in this group. It had been 



