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an inverted iron kettle ; otlier burned bones among which it has 

 been possible to identify the remains of a dog were scattered ail 

 over the grave. A diagram of the grave is given fig. 2 ; specimens 

 of the nails from the boat fig. 3; and the most important antiqui-, 

 ties figs. 4 — 9. 



Grave II was found to contain the remains of two persons — 

 a man and a woman — inhumed in an irregular grave cut doAvn in 

 the natural soii, L e. a compact gravel bank. Over the man's place 

 were the remains of a wooden chamber, constructed in the shape 

 of a small house with a ridged roof; the woman had been placed 

 outside the chamber close to the northern side of the grave. From 

 many circumstances it seems that the man had been buried some 

 time prior to the woman. No bones were left as is the rule in 

 the case of bodies inhumed in Norwegian graves, the climate and 

 the soil being here especially unfavourable for the preservation of 

 bodies interred without being cremated. A plan of the grave 

 is given fig. 10 and a section of it fig. 11; the antiquities figs. 

 12—19. 



Grave IIl^ a man's grave, consisting of a layer of coal in the 

 middle of which a number of weapons and implements were arrayed 

 as a compact frame around a heap of burned bones, probably those 

 of the person buried, while other bones were scattered among 

 the coals. The antiquities found were all of iron. At both ends 

 of the grave were found traces of beams, measuring 0.30 — 0.50 m. 

 in thickness, which were placed in holes cut down in the natural 

 soil; I have found nothing to explain the purpose or meaning of 

 these beams. A diagram of the grave is given fig. 20; fig. 21 is 

 tåken from a photograph of the central part of the grave ; some of 

 the antiquities are given figs. 22 — 29. 



Grave IV, a woman's grave, consisting of a layer of coal 

 about 25 cm. above the natural soil; thus the situation proves that 

 this grave was formed after the mound had got its present extent. 

 The layer of coal was not so black and pure as in the other graves; 

 and all the burned bones, as well as the antiquities, were scattered 

 rather thinly all over the grave ; this grave thus liad no such central 

 l)art as observed in graves I and III or in the grave excavated 

 by Mr. Lorange. A diagi'am of the grave is given fig. 30, and 

 figs. 31 — 34 some of the antiquities, of which may be especially 

 mentioned the fine Uttle bowl of thin bronze (fig. 31, from a photo- 

 grapli tåken on the spot). 



