212 DISCOVERY OF AN ANCIENT BUfilAL PLACE AT LADOCK. 



Running in the soil at the west side was a layer of red 

 earth about 1-inch thick at the grave, and gradually getting 

 thinner till it disappeared, perfectly distinguishable from the 

 surrounding soil. 



There was no stone at the bottom of the grave, and nothing 

 was found within but a thin layer of deep red powder or dust, 

 quite distinct from the red earth already mentioned. 



The stones weighed some 20 cwt. and there must have been 

 some considerable labour used to have brought them to the spot. 



The piece of ground where this was found appears to me 

 to have been raised at some time or other to a level, as it does 

 not follow the slope of the hill. 



I have not had the opportunity of searching for any more 

 graves of the same sort, I hope however to be able to do so 

 this autumn, when it is quite possible that further discoveries 

 may be made. 



J 



