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;■ The graves were between two and three feet from the surface of the 

 I ground. They measured from two to three feet in length and were about 

 two feet in breadth. The direction of the grave varied in different 

 instances, and the bodies had been laid in them with the head in varying 

 positions. Thus it is noted in one that the head was at the east; in 

 another that it was at the north-east; in a third that the grave was 

 north-by-south, and the face was at the south ; in a fourth that the grave 

 was east and west, with the face to the north ; in a fifth the feet were 

 north-east-by-north, the head at the opposite end. In those graves where 

 the skeleton had not been disturbed by the workmen, it was seen that 

 the body had been buried in the contracted position, the knees being 

 approximated to the face. 



The skeletons were of both sexes and at various periods of life, some 

 being children. One child's skeleton is noted as lying with the head at 

 the south by south-west, the feet were north by north-east, the face was 

 looking southwards. The body was lying on the right side, the right 

 knee was more bent up than the left, one hand was up at the face. 



Various articles were found in the graves along with the skeletons. 

 In one a broken urn was close to the skull ; in another pieces of pottery 

 and cows' bones ; in a third a bone-pin, 8 inches long, between the arms ; 

 in a fourth a drinking-cup or food-vessel and a flint were in front of the 

 face; in a fifth an iron spear (i. 29. 10. 76) was immediately in front of 

 the face, and it projected about ten inches beyond the skull ; and in the 

 same grave an iron knife or dagger (i. 29. 10. 76) nearly a foot long and 

 an inch and a half wide extended from the elbow by the side of the body 

 downwards to the side of the left os innominatum : its handle end was 

 towards the feet, its point towards the head. It is also stated that a 

 bronze torque or collar was found by the workmen with one of the 

 skeletons. This collar was acquired by John Evans, Esq., F.R.S. 



Details of some of the graves are given in the following extracts from 

 Dr. Rolleston's notes : — 



•March 23, 1876. The grave was about 3 feet deep and 3 feet long by 2 ft. 3 in. 

 broad, the long axis lying north by south. The body lay doubled up on its right 

 side, the face being at the south end of the grave and looking north. From the heels 

 to the head was 2 ft. 4 in. The spines of the vertebrae pointed north-west. The 

 cervical vertebrae and a piece of the scapula lay between the rami of the lower jaw. 

 The right hand was by the pelvis, the left hand up at the face, the right arm being 

 bent across over the body. A considerable quantity of charred wood-fibre lay above 

 the bones of the body and about the skull. Near the left hand were found a flint 

 chipped flake and a bronze needle. 



* Feb. 23, 1876. I drove over with the Kev.W. C. Lukis, F.S.A., andG. L. RoUeston. 

 We found that a human skeleton had been partially disturbed, but was in great part 



