NOTICE OF A CINERARY URN AT HUSTYN. 143 



Devon; westward, Carn-Brea. (The two last mentioned places 

 being 60 miles apart.) There are also seen, far away but less remote, 

 Eoughtorand Brown- Willy, Cadon Barrow near Tintagel, the China 

 Clay pits near St. Austell, Hensbarrow, St. Agnes Beacon, &c. • 

 besides Egloshajle and much of the Bodmin district close at'hand.' 

 All the highest hills in the county are visible, some fine old Men- 

 hirs, a great number of churches, &c. | 



The great Barrow of Hustyn, commanding this extensive pros- 

 pect, appears to rise abaut 20 feet above the hill on which it stands. 

 A large pit has been dug down into it (by some young gentJemen, 

 as I was informed, when they resided near it). It is said that the 

 diggers failed to make a " find." The opening shews that much of 

 the mound is a cairn of quartz or spar stones. The burial below 

 may be still intact. 



Another Barrrow, smaller but also circular, is very near it, east- 

 ward, but so low in form that it presents a totally difi'erent appear- 

 ance. It is smooth and green, and has a shallow central depression. 

 The ground about these tumuli is wild and exposed. 



Nearly half a mile lower down, on the side of the hill, not far 

 from the buildings of Hustyn Farm, and within sight of Tregoose, 

 is an enclosure under cultivation. At the upper inner corner*'of it 

 was a flattened mound, or denuded Barrow, containing the urn 

 which is the subject of this paper. The finding of it was brought 

 to my notice by Mr. Tellam of Bodmin, who heard of it from Mr. 

 Hocking, agent of Mr. Brune, of Prideaux Place, Padstow, the 

 landowner. The urn was discovered on or about the 1st of June, 

 1881, I was informed of it on the 17th day of the same month, and 

 immediately proceeded to the spot. Mr. Tellam subsequently visited 

 the place, and I examined it again on the 2nd of July. We obtained 

 possession of the chief pieces, dug up others, and gleaned the follow- 

 ing particulars : — 



The land is farmed by Mr. Thomas, of Hustyn Mill. " On Bodmin 

 Whitsun Fair-day," I was told, Mr. Henry Thomas, son of the 



t The extent of the views from the Cornish hills may be gathered from 

 Walliss graphic descriptions in his "Cornwall Eegister » pp 176-194 T^ 

 mentions that, by the aid of telescopes, soldiers were seen on the sands of the 

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