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outside. Its cross-section is shown in figure 95. In the center of the 

 disc rises one and sometimes two minute mounds, not more than a foot 

 high, under which was placed the sepulchral deposit. Local archeolo- 



Fig. 94. — Disc barrow, Stonehenge. Drawing l>y the author. 



gists claim that more of this type of mound are found around Stone- 

 henge than in any other part of that country. 



Fig. 95. — Cross-section of a disc barrow, Stonehenge. Drawing by the author. 



THE INTERMENTS 



In the round barrows it is not uncommon to find that the body had 

 been cremated before interment. In the bowl-shaped and bell types, 

 about three out of four bodies have been so disposed of. "Almost with- 

 out exception, the disc barrow contains only one cremated remains. 

 The existing impression is that these three forms of round barrow 

 were in use at one and the same time, but that the bell and that of the 

 disc is the latest form of all." 



In all the round barrows the bodies, which were not cremated, were 

 buried in a crouching position and seldom facing the east, as was often 

 the custom with Wisconsin Indians. The graves range in depth from 

 a few inches to as much as six feet below the natural surface. Some- 

 times blocks of stone were placed over the remains. When burial by 

 cremation was made, "it is evident that the actual rite of burning took 

 place elsewhere, and that the calcined remains were brought to the 

 Plain for burial." In some cases, the ashes were conveyed to the spot 



