300 List of Prehistoric, Roman, and Pagan Saxon Antiquities. 



Rockley. On N. (or E.) side of Wootton Bsssett— Marlborough 

 Rd. a group of 5 barrows is shown by Smith p. 197, XIV. L. III. 

 a, b, c, d, e, near together. O.M. 28 NE. shows only 4 of these. 



7. (a) Low wide bowl-shaped barrow, 3ft. high, no ditch, opened 1879 



by H. Cunnington and Rev. A. C. Smith. In centre over a small 

 cist, an urn inverted over burnt bones, near it a fine flint scraper. 

 Much wood ashes on floor of barrow. 1ft. below surface of barrow 

 a layer of small sarsenscoveringa heap of burnt bones and ashes. 

 To N. of this just under surface of barrow a skeleton with fine 

 leaf-shaped flint arrowhead. OM. 28 NE. ; W.A.M. xix. 70, 71, 

 figs. ; Smith p. 197 figs. 



8. (b) Bowl-shaped, no ditch. Opened, no record. O.M. 28 NE. 

 [8a.] (c) Small low bowl-shaped, with ditch, opened by H. Cunnington, 



1879. Cist 2|ft. diam. X lOin. deep contained burnt bones 

 and ashes only. In the body of the mound the fragments of a 

 smairfdrinking cup found, not accompanied by any interment. 

 Smith 198 ; W.A.M. xix. 70. 



9. (d) Tall and fine bell-shaped barrow, with large raised lip, and 



large ditch. Opened, no record. O.M. 28 NE. ; Smith, p. 198. 

 10. (e) Large low, ploughed-down barrow, to N. of (d). Opened, no 

 record. O.M. 28 NE. 



On down E. of Rockley, W. of Ogbourne Maizey Rd. , a small low 

 barrow, no ditch, not opened. Not in O.M. Smith p. 198, XIV. 

 L. III. m. 



11. Ogbourne St. Andrew Churchyard. A large barrow, lift. high. 



Opened 1885 by H. <fe W. Cunnington. About 20 skeletons at 

 depth of 2 — 3 feet, probably medieval interments. Near the 

 centre, at depth of 5ft., a skeleton in wooden coffin with iron' 

 clamps, Saxon ? with much wood ashes round it. At 7ft. a heap 

 of burnt bones which had been wrapped in a cloth and placed on 

 a plank of wood, with a well-made flint knife. 1 yard away was 

 a small rude food vessel. On the floor of the barrow wood ashes 

 were scattered, and remains of planks of wood, and a trench 6 or 

 7 feet long lined with wood. A fine leaf-shaped flint arrowhead 

 found near the top, and several flint implements and sarsen 

 mullers in the body of the mound. O.M. 29 NW. ; WA.M. xxii. 

 345 ; Smith p. 198, XIV. M. III. a. ; A.W. II. Stations XL XII. 



12. Smeathe's Ridge. Small barrow just on parish boundary S. of 



track 1 mile S.E. of Barbury Castle. O.M. 22 SE. ; Smith p. 

 191, XIII, L. I. c. 



13. Very large bowl-shaped barrow on crest of down, 1^ mile S.E. of 



last, just S. of track and Ogbourne St. George boundary and E 

 of Smeathe's Plantation. O.M. 23 SW. ; Smith p. 191, XIII. L" 

 I. b.: A.W. II. Stations XL XII. 



