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sical works : " Ancient Stone Implements," and " Ancient Bronze 

 Implements" of Great Britain; Llewellyn Jewitt, F.S.A.; the Soc- 

 iety of Antiquaries (London) ; the Society of Antiquaries. of Scot- 

 land ; and tne Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 

 Lilbukn Hill and Estates. 



Lilbtjrn Hill Far:\i lies on the east side of the public road 

 two miles south from Wooler, in proximity to Wooler Haugh- 

 head. On this farm while overturning the Clover-hank field, 

 preparatory for turnips, the ploughman encountered a large 

 stone, which they broke up to remove it, when its surface was 

 observed to be covered 

 with some incised in- 

 scriptions (Figs. 1 and 

 2), and near it were 

 some traces of bones. 

 Mr James G. Moffatt, 

 Lilburn Cottage, Mr 

 Collingvvood's agent, 

 being told of it by Mr 

 Tait, the tenant, came 

 and examined the ex- 

 cavation, and two 

 trenches were dug on 

 each side of what ap- 

 peared to be a grave 

 that lay north and 

 south. At 18 inches 

 from the surface, was 

 a deposit of bones over 

 a length of 9 feet 2 

 inches, placed in seven 

 small shallow depressions, with three small whin-stones placed 

 over each pit. The bones had been subjected to the action of 

 fire, and were indicative of seven distinct cremations. From 

 their smallness and delicacy they appeared to belong to very 

 small women and young children. 



Four or five inches deeper another row, this time of 5 circular 

 depressions were discovered, likewise extending along the whole 

 length of the line of sepulture. The bones in these five pits were 

 larger than those of the upper row, and looked as if they had 

 survived to a longer period of maturity. They had also been 

 partially subjected to the action of fire. 



