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[11a— lid.] (12) Group of 4 small barrows close together W. of 

 Fargo Cottages and Stonehenge. One opened by Hoare con- 

 tained a rude urn, burnt bones, and fragments of twisted wire 

 bracelet. Devizes Museum. A.W. I. 126 : Stourhead Cat. 208. 

 The other three barrows had been ploughed over in Hoare's 

 time. Not on O.M. 54 SW. [No trace to be seen 1913, M.E.C.] 



[lie.] (13) Disc-shaped barrow close to Fargo Cottages, opened by 

 Hoare, burnt bones only. A.W. I. 126; not on O.M. 54 SW. ; 

 [No trace to be seen 1913, M.E.C.] 



12, 13. Two small barrows inside the vallum of Stonehenge, opened 

 by Hoare. That on N.W. had burnt bones only, that on S.E. 

 nothing. O.M. 54 SW. ; A. W. I. 145 ; Soc. Ant. Map 500, 501. 



14. (165) Small Long Barrow just S. of Deptford Ed. W. of Stone- 



henge, exactly opposite Barrows 1—3. Opened by Hoare, 

 nothing found. O.M. 54 SW. ; A.W. I. 206; Soc. Ant. Map 

 481. [Condition good 1913, M.E.C.] 



15. (164) Finest Bell Barrow near Stonehenge, just S. of last, near 



Normanton Gorse. 145ft. diam. x 14£ft. high. Opened by 

 Hoare. In a shallow cist a skeleton with head to N.E., lying on 

 " a plank of Elm wood." On the left side of head a fine bronze 

 dagger which had had a wooden sheath, and a small knife dag- 

 ger. At the feet a richly ornamented drinking cup, and stag's 

 horns at head and feet. Three pieces of oak wood had radiated 

 from the skeleton to the surface of the barrow, the holes and 

 remains of wood found. Devizes Museum. O.M. 54 SW. ; 

 Stourhead Cat. 126; A.W. I 205, 206; Soc Ant. Map 482. 

 [Much injured by rabbits, 1913, M.E.C.] 



16. (135) Barrow S.E. of Stonehenge and W. of Luxenborough. 



Opened before Hoare's time. O.M. 54 SW. ; A.W. I. 199 ; not 

 in Soc. Ant. Map. 



17 [17a]. (136, 137.) Two small barrows just on Wilsford boundary 

 i-mile S. of last, the easternmost of Normanton Down Group. 

 O.M. 60 NW. shows only one (136). Both opened before Hoare's 

 time. A.W. I. 199 ; not in Soc. Ant. Map. [Small but condition 

 good, grass, 1913, M.E.O] 



18, 19 [19a] [19b]. (131—134). Group of 4 barrows near together 

 shown on Stonehenge Map of which 2 only remain in Luxen- 

 borough plantation. The other two not visible 1913, M.E.C- It 

 cannotbe said which of Hoare's numbers still remain. O.M. 

 54 SE ; A. W. I. 199 ; Soc. Ant. Map 526, 527. 



(131) Opened before Hoare's time. 



(132) Opened by Hoare, deep cist with many burnt bones, 2 

 drinking cups, 2 incense cups, 2 bronze awls. A.W. I. 199 

 PI. xxiv. ; Stourhead Cat. 1 23, 1 23a. 



(133) Large banow, opened by Hoare. Burnt bones in cist with 

 grape cup. A.W. I. 199 PI. xxiv. ; Stourhead Cat. MS fig. 



(134) Opened before Hoare's time. 



