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STONE IMPLEMENTS AND POTTERY 



described by Dr. Thurnam.* The tumulus in this case is 

 three hundred and thirty-six feet in length, forty feet wide 

 at the west end, and seventy-five at the east, with a height 

 of eight feet. The walls of the chamber are formed by six. 

 great blocks of stone, and it opens into a passage, so that the 

 ground plan very closely resembles that of the tumulus just 

 described, and, in fact, of the "passage graves" generally. 



Fio. 105. 



Flo, 106. 



FIG. ior. 



Flint Implements from the Tumulus at West Kennet. 



The chamber and entrance were nearly filled with chalk- 

 rubble, containing also bones of animals, flint implements 

 (figs. 105 to 108), and fragments of pottery. In the chamber 

 were four skeletons, two of which appear to have been buried 

 in a sitting posture. In different parts of the chamber were 

 * Archaeologia, vol. xxxviii., p. 405. 



