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



PRESHUTE. 

 Barrows. 



1. Manton Down, \ mile N.W. of Manton House, E. of track, a fallen 



cromlech, with part of the mound, a Long Barrow, which once 

 covered it, and some of the stones which surrounded the mound. 

 The covering stone was split in two by workmen. O.M. 28 NE. ; 

 A. W. II. 43 ; Smith p. 198 fig. XIV. K. IV. a. See Appendix 

 Long Barrows, 

 [la.] Manton in " Barrow Piece," 100yds. N. of the Bath Rd., a low 

 ploughed-down barrow opened 1906 by B. H. Cunnington. In 

 centre a crouched skeleton on the floor of the barrow and beside 

 it small bronze dagger knife If in. long, a smaller blade Jin . 

 long, amber pommel of dagger knife, lignite bead with gold 

 bands, necklace of 150 flat lignite beads, 3 bronze awls, 5 amber 

 beads, disc of amber framed in gold, " lancet " of bronze in gold 

 handle, grape cup and straight-sided incense cup. 9ft. from the 

 skeleton a cinerary urn upright with nothing in it. The body 

 had been wrapped in cloth of which the impress remained on 

 the soil. Triangular flint arrowhead on the floor of the barrow. 

 All objects found in possession of Dr. Maurice, of Marlborough. 

 W.A.M. xxxv. 1 figs. ; Smith p. 204 XV. L. VI a. ; not in O.M. 

 28 SE. 



2. Clatford Down, just S. of track to Avebury, W. of Manton House, 



very low barrow 1ft. 6in. high. Opened, no record. O.M. 28 NE. ; 

 Smith p. 199, XIV. K. IV. b. 



3. Just N. of Bath Rd. at entrance to Clatford Bottom, wide flat 



barrow, ploughed down. O.M. 28 SE. ; Smith, p. 204 XV. K. 

 Via. 

 3a. In Clatford Bottom, remains of Long Barrow on which " The 

 Devil's Den " stands. See below under " Megalithic," and in 

 Appendix Long Barrows. 



Rough Hill, just N. of Temple Farm, 5 barrows (4— 8) in line E. 

 and W., close together. O.M. 28 NE. ; Smith p. 130,. X. I. III. 

 b, c, d, e, h. 



4. (b) Low barrow, no ditch, defaced, but apparently not opened. 



5. (c) Low barrow, not opened. 



6. 7. (d) and (e) Bowl-shaped barows, opened, no record. 



8. (h) Very low barrow, no ditch, not opened. 



9. At the end of the line (f) is a deep pit surrounded with banks, a 



" Pond Barrow " 1 



[9a.] On W. side of Rockley — Marlborough Road about | mile S.E. 

 of Rockley, a low barrow, no ditch, mutilated, not in O.M. 28 

 NE. ; Smith p. 199 XIV L. IV. a. 



