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in length (Fig. 4). The cist contained cremated bones, amongst 

 which were eight long notched beads of beautiful vitreous porcelain 

 of a pale blue or greenish blue tint, four fusiform beads of jet or 

 lignite, and a curious stud or button of the same material, pre- 

 cisely resembling a collar stud. These are now in the British 

 Museum, and the barrow is mentioned in the Proceedings of the 

 Society of Antiquaries, Vol. XXIL, No. I., page 124, and is attri- 

 butable to Period II. of the Bronze Age according to Montelius, 

 or perhaps to the early part of Period III. 1 



Baekow 11. 



A barrow standing in a clump of trees marked " Barrow Clump " 

 in the Ordnance Survey, surrounded by cultivated land north-east 

 of Syrencot House and half-a-mile east of Ablington, in Figheldean 

 parish, was next taken in hand. It had been partly destroyed, 

 and some of the oldest villagers remember much of the earth being 

 taken from it and spread over the land near by. I should not be 

 surprised if an attempt had been made then to explore it, as it was 

 much disturbed and rabbits had been at work on it also. Fortu- 

 nately the principal interment had escaped, and it had some of the 

 characteristics of Barrow No. 1. 



After considerable digging a skeleton was come upon laid on its 

 left side with legs bent up, of good physique and the teeth showed 

 early life. A foot or two eastward a second skeleton was come 

 upon, and immediately afterwards a third, all about the same age. 

 They were almost touching one another, but there was a regularity 

 observable in the way they were placed. Just above the last two 

 the skeleton of a very young infant appeared ; which, owing to its 

 fragile frame, was crushed flat by earth pressure. Its teeth were 

 uncut, so it could not have been long born. Over and about this 

 spot were appearances of burning, such as wood, bones, and remains 

 of a pot, perhaps about 8 inches high, very coarse and poor in 

 material and make. Below these and slightly south-west of them 

 a rectangular cist was come upon cut in the solid chalk, heading 

 due east, 7 feet 3 inches long, 4 feet 3 inches wide, and 5 feet 



1 Archceologia, lxi., 113. 



