^04 The Bemoval of a Barrow on the Downs near Upavon. 



measured to the top of the turf ; the bottom of the ditch was 

 rounded rather than flat. 



The surmise that the barrow had been opened before proved 

 only too well founded. Under the crater-like sinking in the centre, 

 the cist, in which no doubt the primary interment had been placed, 

 was found empty, save for several oyster shells and a piece of 

 modern yellow glazed pottery. (This ware may be as old as the 

 seventeenth century.) The cist was roughly circular, 3ft. in 

 diameter and 18in. deep. 



In the central disturbed area of the mound were found more 

 oyster shells, a piece of a horse shoe, a modern-looking tanged iron 

 knife blade, a tobacco pipe with maker's stamp, "WW," various 

 iron fragments, teeth and bones of animals, a ferrule, or possibly 

 a finger ring of bronze, the two ends fastened with an iron rivet, 

 several pieces of pottery that may be Eomaiio-British, and two 

 small pieces of yellow glazed ware similar to that found actually 

 in the cist. 



A few more fragments of pottery and of iron were found 

 scattered elsewhere in the mound, including the blade of a small 

 pair of shears of Roman pattern, and part of the bow and spring 

 case of a bronze brooch, about 18in. deep in the mound. The 

 majority of the pottery found is probably Romano-British, only 

 one or two pieces being of Bronze Age quality. Some human 

 bones were also found, namely parts of two femurs, and a small 

 piece of a pelvis ; it is possible that these belonged to the primary 

 interment and were thrown out of the cist when it was dug into. 



South-west of the central cist, and about half-way between it 

 and the outer fringe of the mound, a small basin-shaped cist was 

 found, containing a burnt interment and ashes ; this cist was 18in. 

 deep in the chalk and 2ft. in diameter at the top. (The term 

 " cist " is used in the sense of an excavation in the chalk below the 

 floor of the barrow). 



On the same radius, but to the south of the central cist, was 

 another larger cist. This was oval, 3ft. long by 2ft. wide and 2ft. 

 deep; it was quite empty, without any sign of ever having con- 

 tained a burial, in spite of the fact that it did not seem to have 



