By Mrs. M. E, Cunnington. 605 



Ijeen previously disfcurbed. Sir It. Colt Hoaie luentioiis several 

 instances of similarly empty cists in the barrows described by him 

 in Ancient Wilts, 



It seems clear from the finding of a piece of modern yellow 

 glazed potiery in the central cist that this was dug into at some 

 comparatively recent date. As to whether the mound had ever 

 been previously disturbed there is no evidence to show, for lh(i 

 Itomano-British pottery, the bronze brooch, and other objects 

 might quite possibly have got down into the interior of the mound 

 as a result of modern disturbance of the surface. All this [)art of 

 the downs show unmistakable signs of ancient habitation. It 

 is a perfect maze of banks and ditches and linchets. Hoare marks 

 two British settlements in the near neighbourhood, and pottery 

 may often be seen raked out by moles or rabbits. 



