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row. Figure 89 gives a cross-section of one of these long barrows, 

 showing the depression on either side. 



The only artifacts found in this type of mound are finely wrought, 

 leaf-shaped flint arrowheads, similar to the one shown in figure 90, 

 and rough hand made undecoi-ated pottery. The intrusive burials, how- 

 ever, are frequently associated with bronze and even with iron, indicat- 

 ing that the deceased belonged to a later age. 



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Fig. 90. — Leaf-shaped flint arrowhead found in a long 

 barrow, Stonehenge. Drawing by the author. 



The best authorities believe the long barrow to represent the oldest 

 form of regular sepulcher in England, but it is highly improbable that 

 they have any connection whatever with Stonehenge or its builders, 

 their antiquity being even greater and their builders a different race. 



The round barrows of Wiltshire still number fully two thousand 

 which can be divided into three classes — the Bowl, the Bell and the 



Fig. 91. — Cross-section of a bowl barrow, Stonehenge. Drawing by the author. 



Disc barrow. Within a short distance of Stonehenge can be found 

 three hundred round barrows. 



The bowl-shaped barrow much resembles the burial mounds of Wis- 

 consin. It takes its name from its resemblance to an inverted bowl. 

 A section of one of these mounds is shown in figure 91. This type is 

 the most frequently encountered type ,of earth-work in England. Its 

 diameter ranges from twenty to sixty feet, with a height of from three 



