Hev. W. Green well on Ancient British Tumuli. SOI 



proximity to tlie remarkable camp opposite Weetwood, and 

 to several series of circular-marked rocks. Though present- 

 ing no appearance of disturbance upon the surface, five of 

 these tumuli were found to have been opened at some previous 

 and probably distant period. One, made of sandy soil, which 

 was 15 feet in diameter and 2^ feet high, had in the centre a 

 cist, which lay north-east and south-west, made of five stones 

 set on edge, with two covers. It was filled with whitish 

 sand, and had, probably, contained an unburnt body, as no 

 trace of bone was visible, and burnt bone is almost indestruct- 

 ible, A second was 15 feet in diameter and 3 feet high, 

 having a circle of stones round its base, and was made of 

 stones and earth. In the centre was a cist, lying east and 

 west, made of five stones with a cover, which had contained 

 a burnt body, the remains of the calcined bones being scat- 

 tered about. One tumulus, however, of very small size, 

 proved to have been, hitherto, untouched. It was 8 feet in 

 diameter and about 10 inches high, and was made of earth 

 with a few stones upon the top. Just above the surface of 

 the ground was a flat stone, and under it a second one, 

 which formed the cover of a small cist, 14 inches square and 

 10 inches deep, sunk in the ground, and formed of four 

 stones set on edge. The bottom of this cist was filled for 

 3 or 4 inches in depth with sand, and resting upon this was 

 earth and small rolled pebbles, amongst which were the 

 burnt bones of a body, and a flint arrow head, of the lozenge 

 shaped form, and which had been burnt. 



On November 26th, I examined several tumuli near the 

 Kimmer Lough, in the parish of Eglingham; all of them had, 

 however, been previously opened, and no results of any kind 

 were obtained, except that one had contained a cist. The 

 following day was spent opening what remained of a cairn, 

 situated upon the north-east side of Harehope Hill. The 

 cairn had been 20 feet in diameter, but I was unable to 

 ascertain its height in consequence of the greater part having 

 been removed. It had a circle of stones round the base. On 

 reaching the original surface of the ground, we came upon a 

 large slab of sandstone, which proved to be the cover of a 

 very well made and regularly formed cist, lying north-east 

 and south-west, and being 4 feet 6 inches long, 2 feet 9 inches 

 wide, and the same in depth. The cist contained nothing 

 except a few small fragments of charcoal, one minute piece 

 of pottery, and a flint knife, rather coarsely formed— -^^. 4. 

 There was no appearance as if the cist had ever been opened 



