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he had excavated hundreds of barrows in Wilts, he had only 

 discovered 07ie of this upright form. It is certainly remarkable 

 that there should be such variation of design in two adjacent 

 counties. The Hon. J. Abercromby has published in Vol. 41, 

 " Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland," an 

 important article on " The Relative Chronology of Cinerary Urn 

 Types," and he gives the name " Deverel-Rimbury " to one 

 division of his classified list, Type III., but it includes urns of 

 two very different shapes, one globular, the other cylindrical, 

 or assuming the form of a narrow bucket ; and he states that 

 they are found both in the East and West of England, south of 

 the Thames. 



The geographical distribution of barrows is well shown in Mr. 

 Warne's map of Dorset, dealing with the Vestiges of Antiquities 

 (1865), where it is at once noticed that they are spread over the 

 whole county with the exception of a strip to the north-west. 

 They are, perhaps, most numerous along the south of the county, 

 where the hills practically follow the line of sea coast, but we 

 may be sure that the tribes occupied also the slopes bordering the 

 Frome, the Puddle, and the Stour, for the central and eastern 

 districts are well provided with these relics of the past ; and, 

 although burial sites are found frequently in the open country 

 and the moorland, they seem to have been invariably placed on 

 the high ground if such a position were obtainable. 



The specimens of barrow pottery in the Museum were found 

 in considerable numbers in the central part of the county, but by 

 far the largest proportion are from the Ridgeway, and its out- 

 lying spurs. This is not to be wondered at when we remember 

 how Stukeley writes of that long and lofty range of open downs. 

 " For sight of barrows," says he, " I believe it is not to be 

 equalled in all the world." 



