By the Bev. E. H. Goddard. 179 



N. of this and S.E. of Avebury Down Barn a line of 5 barrows 

 lying E. and W.all except (d) opened by Dean Merewether 1849. 

 O.M. 28 NW. ; Smith p. 131, 132, X. H. IV. a. b. c. d. e.] 



36 (a). Large bowl-shaped, without ditch, 9ft. high (No. 2), nothing 



but animal bones and wood ashes found. Proc. Arch. Inst. 

 Salisbury 83. 



37 (b). Large and high bowl-shaped barrow, without ditch (No. 3). 



cist, 18in. diam., contained burnt bones and two small pieces of 

 bronze (knife daggers 1) 



38 (c). Very high bowl-shaped barrow (No. 4). Central cist 2ft. 6in. 



deep x 2ft. 6in. diam., containing large plain urn, 13in. high, 

 with burnt bones. Fragments of another urn found 2ft. 6in. 

 below top of barrow. Proc. Arch. Inst. Salisbury p. 83,. figs. F, G. 



39 (d). Large high bowl-shaped barrow, no ditch, opened before Dean 



Merewether's time, no record. 



40 (e). Large high bowl-shaped barrow, 7ft. high, no ditch (No. 5). 



Large cist with large quantity of burnt bones, covered with 

 pounded charcoal 1 Proc. Arch. Inst. Salisbury p. 84. 



| mile E. of this group, on brow of hill near the Bidgeway 3 barrows 

 in line N. & S. close together (41—43). O.M. 28 NW. ; Smith 

 p. 133, 134, X. H. IV. m, n, o. 



41 (m). Large low bowl-shaped barrow, no ditch, opened by Dean 



Merewether 1849 (? No. 8). Circular cist in centre with burnt 

 bones covered with black charcoal dust. Above this "four 

 distinct layers of sarsen stones, ranging with the form of the 

 barrow." " Bones & pottery covered over with convex sarsen 

 stones " found on the outskirts of the barrow. Proc. Arch.Inst. 

 Salisbury 85. 



42 (n). Flat bowl-shaped barrow, no ditch, with a stone on the 



top and surrounded by sarsens. 



43 (o). Large low barrow, with ditch, opened by Dean Merewether 



1849 (No. 9). At 2ft. below the surface of the barrow a cist 

 containing burnt bones and charcoal dust, and lower down a 

 cist 3ft. deep covered with a large sarsen containing an unusual 

 quantity of burnt bones covered with charcoal dust. Proc. 

 Arch. Inst. Salisbury 86, Jig. J. 

 44. Just N.E. of this group & touching W. side of the Bidgeway a 

 small barrow. O.M. 28 NE. ; Smith p. 133, X. H. IV. p. 



Windmill Hill. 1^ miles NW. of Avebury. In iStukeley's days this 

 hill, surrounded by a ditch, was under grass and had 15 barrows 

 on it, of which he opened a flat one, with an urn inverted over 

 burnt bones in a cist. Stukeley Abury 45, PI. xxxvi. ; A-W. ii. 

 95. Smith marks 13 of these barrows ; A. W. ii. Stations xi. and 

 xii. shows 4 inside the trench and 8 outside. O.M. 28 NW, 

 (1900) shows 6 only, 4 of which are in Winterbourne Monkton, 

 q.v- 



