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



ditches, &c. Is it possible that his description really refers to 

 some other barrow 1 1913. M.E.C.] 



2. Round barrow S.W. of Silver Barrow, close to line of Old Ditch. 



O.M. 53 NE. ; A. W. I. Station III. ; Soc. Ant. Map 127. 



3. Barrow on West Down 1| mile E. of Tilshead Church, 1 mile N.E. 



of Silver Barrow, E of line of Old Ditch and Tilshead boundary, 

 just on W. side of track. O.M. 46 SE. ; A. W. I. Station III. ; not 

 numbered on Soc. Ant. Map. 



4. 5. Two barrows on West Down, one (4) just W. of the ditch, the 



other (5) to S.W. of this. O.M. 46 SE. : A. W. I. Station III. ; 

 Soc. Ant. Map 129, 130. 

 Earthworks. Ditch running S.E. from Tilshead East Down past Barrow 

 4 on West Down and on to Winterbourne Stoke, only portions shown 

 on O.M. 46 NE. ; A. W. I. 116, Station V. 

 Line of Old Ditch forms parish boundary on W. for 2 miles. O.M. 46 

 SE. ; 53 NE. ; Soc. Ant. Map 126. 

 Finds, Neolithic. West Down Camp. Ground axe perforated, of hard 

 stone. C. V. Goddard. 



OVEKTON, WEST. 



Barrows. Overton Hill, " Seven Barrow Hill." 



1. S. of Bath Rd. and just E. of Ridge way, a large bowl-shaped 



barrow, without ditch, 75ft. diam. Opened by Hoare (No. 1.) 

 In grave in centre, a crouched skeleton which had been enclosed 

 in a tree trunk coffin (?) with bronze knife dagger, bronze 

 crutched spiral pin, and small flanged celt. Re-opened by 

 Thurnam, and skull figured in Cran. Brit xi. 7. O.M. 28 SW. ; 

 A. W. II. 90 ; Arch, xliii. 466 fig. ; lxi. 121 ; Evans' Bronze 51, 

 134 ; W.A.M. vi. 329 ; Smith p. 167 XI. H. VI. k. 



2. Just N. of the Bath Rd. a fine bowl-shaped barrow without ditch 



70ft. diam. opened by Hoare (No. 2). Burnt bones and incense 

 cup in centre 8ins. below floor of barrow. O.M. 28 SW. ; A. W. 

 II. 90 ; Smith p. 167 XI. H. VI. i. 



3. Just N. of this, a very large bell-shaped barrow, 110ft. diam. and 



10ft. high. Opened by Hoare (No. 3). Burnt bones only in 

 cist. O.M. 28 SW. ; A. W. II. 90 ; Smith p. 167 XI. H. VI. h. 

 This barrow with the two following is enclosed within a single 

 ditch of hour-glass shape. 

 [3a.] The centre barrow, a very small one, 3ft. high, opened by 

 Thurnam, 1854, contained burnt bones in a shallow cist with a 

 bone pin 5in. long. Smith p. 166 XI. H. VI. g. Not shown 

 . on O.M. 



4. The third barrow of the triplet is a large bell-shaped barrow with 



ditch, 105ft. diam. and 10ft. high, opened by Hoare (No. 4), 

 contained a heap of burnt bones on the floor, with a bronze 

 knife dagger and a bit of ivory belonging to its sheath 1 Above 



