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within. The collapse of the roof would no doubt account for the 

 breakage of the longer bones, but not for their complete dis- 

 arrangement. 



The human remains in a trench forming the primary interment 

 in a long barrow at Upper Swell, Glos., 1 seem to have been found 

 in much the same condition as those in the chamber at Lanhill. 

 One complete skeleleton was found, but the other bones were 

 broken, and indiscriminately mixed up, some on the floor and some 

 in the rubble above the floor ; and bones apparently belonging to 

 the same individual were found at distances from each other. 

 There were fourteen lower jaws to only ten skulls, and more limb 

 bones than could have belonged to so few as ten individuals. 

 Professor Eolleston, from whose account these details are taken, 

 took these facts to disprove in this case the " ossuary theory," and 

 thought them altogether in favour of the " successive interment 

 theory." He thought the moving of the older bones to make room 

 for the later burials would account for their disordered condition, 

 and intermixture with the rubble. It is difficult, however, to see 

 how this theory would account for the absence of many of the 

 principal bones, especially of the skulls. 2 



The Pottery. 

 Some fragments of pottery which appear all to have belonged 

 to one vessel were found by the men digging stone when they first 

 broke into the chamber. The ware is a blackish brown in colour 

 on the outside of the vessel, shading up to a bright brick-red on the 

 inner side. It is roughly modelled by hand and devoid of orna- 

 ment ; the rim is straight with a slight and very irregular beading. 

 The paste is of a good quality and freely mixed with crushed fossil 

 shells. In clearing out the floor of the chamber a few more 

 fragments of identical pottery were found, embedded in the clay. 

 In addition to these, three small fragments of a different ware were 

 found. This latter is of much the same texture as the first, but on 



1 British Barrows, CCXXXIL, p. 533. 

 2 In unchambered long barrows the skeletons are often found to be incom- 

 plete and huddled promiscuously together. At Norton Bavant there were 

 too many skulls in proportion to the limb bones. Archceologia, XLII., p. 184. 



