By the Rev. E. H. Goddard. 167 



[To W. of (134) was West Amesbury Penning, of which Aubrey says 



there were 5 small barrows with stones " at the end of the Grave " 



destroyed cir. 1640. A.W.I. 198.] 

 Group of 3 small barrows 20 — 22, (128—130) close together in line in 



round plantation £ mile N. of Luxenborough plantation, S. of 



Amesbury Rd. O.M. 54 SE. ; A.W.I. 199. 



20 (L28). Opened before Hoare's time. Soc. Ant. Map 524. 



21 (129). Opened by Hoare, burnt bones in cist with bronze knife 



dagger. Soc. Ant. Map. 525. 



22 (130). Opened by Hoare. Skeleton in grave 4ft. deep, which had 



been disturbed before, and bronze objects abstracted ; above this 

 burnt bones ; and nearer surface on E. side 2 skeletons of infants 

 each placed over the head of a cow, and the skeleton of adult with 

 drinking cup. Not in Soc. Ant. Map. 



23. Coney bury Hill, " King Barrow " half-way between W. Amesbury 

 and Luxenborough. Very large brass weapon like poleaxe of 

 20lbs. weight said by Stukeley (Stonehenge 46) to have been found 

 in it. O.M. 54 SE. ; A.W. I. 198 ; Soc. Ant. Map 528. 



[One of two bell-shaped barrows enclosed in one ditch, S. of Stonehenge 

 " close upon the road from Wilton and on the east side of the 

 road." Opened by Ld. Pembroke 1722. Skeleton near top. 

 Stukeley Stonehenge, 44.] 



24. Large barrow in centre of Vespasian's Camp, opened 1770. Cre- 



mated interment with fine bronze dagger 8|in. long with 2 rivets, 

 and bronze pin 5jin. long with crutch head (?). O.M. 54 SE ; 

 A. W. I. 160. Not on Stonehenge Map. See 25. 



25. Smaller barrow to N. of last, in centre of Vespasian's Camp, cut 



through by path, opened 1770, flat bronze dagger knife 4fin. 

 long. Pen sketches of objects found in 24 and 25 in Gough's 

 copy of Horsley's Britannia Romana in Bodleian. O.M. 54. 

 SE. ; not mentioned by Hoare, or on Stonehenge Map ; Cunnington 

 MSS. II. 173. 

 26 — 37. " Seven Barrows " in line S. to N. from N. side of Amesbury 

 Rd. towards E. end of cursus, in plantation, called by Stukeley 

 " The New King Barrows " all shown on O.M. 54. SE. [All in wood 

 and thickly covered with undergrowth, 1913, M.E.C.] The line 

 was continued N. towards end of Cursus by another seven called 

 by Stukeley " The Old King Barrows " of which O.M. 54 SE. 

 shows 5 only. All 14 were planted with trees in Hoare's day 

 and were not opened by him. Aubrey says some of them had 

 been opened in his day. A.W. I. 155, 157, Stonehenge Map ; 

 Soc. Ant. Map 521, 520, 519, 518, 517, 516, 515, 514, 513, 399, 398, 

 397. Stukeley records that in 1666 " one of the 7 barrows being 

 digged up they found coals, goat's horns, and stag's horns." 

 W.A.M. xvi. 147. [33 and 34 are in thick plantation ; 35— 



