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



4. (15) Large bell-shaped barrow, 14ft. high, at N. corner of plantation. 



Opened by Hoare. Burnt bones in wooden box on floor of barrow 

 with ivory 1 pin and bow tips ?, strips of thin bronze, 2 bronze 

 daggers, one very large, and bone tweezers. 5 later skeletons 

 near surface. O.M. 54 SW. ; A. W. I. 122, PI. XIV. ; Arch. lxi. 

 125, fig. 75 ; Evans' Bronze 241, 302 ; S tow-head Cat. 21—22, 78a ; 

 W.A.M. xxxvii. 99 fig. ; Soc. Ant. Map 464. [Condition good, 

 1912. M.E.C.] 



5. (16) Touching the last on N.E., large bell-shaped barrow. Opened 



by Hoare. Skeleton in hollowed elm tree with urn of ginger jar 

 shape, 2 bronze daggers, and awl in bone handle. O.M. 54 SW. ; 

 A.W. I. 123, PI. XV. ; Arch. lxi. 122 ; Evans' Bronze 190, 241, 

 fig. 227 ; Stourhead Cat. 23—25 ; Soc. Ant. Map 463. [Defaced 

 by rabbits; bushes on top, 1912. M.E.C.] 



6. (22) N.E. of last. Opened by Hoare. Skeleton covered with pile 



of flints. O.M. 54 SW. ; A. W. 1. 124 ; Soc. Ant. Map 458. [Con- 

 dition good, 1912. M.E.C.] 



7. (23) N.E. of last, small barrow. Opened by Hoare, nothing found. 



O.M. 54 SW.; A.W. I. 124; Soc. Ant. Map 457. [Very low, 

 barely traceable, 1912. M.E.C.] 

 [7a.] (24) A small low barrow between 7 and 8. Opened by Hoare, 

 nothing found. A.W. I. 124; not on O.M. 54 SW. [No trace 

 visible, 1912. M.E.C.] 



8. (25) Large rude bowl-shaped barrow, 107ft. diam., 6ft. high, opened 



by Hoare. Bones of " several dogs " and deer, skeleton on floor 

 of barrow, apparently disturbed by subsequent interment of 

 burnt bones at its feet, 2 incense cups near the head, 2 bone 

 beads, 2 whetstones, pebble, fossil Rhynconella, what Hoare calls 

 an ivory bracelet, really incisor teeth of beaver, pebble and piece 

 of stalactite. O.M. 54 SW. ; A. W. I. 124 ; Arch, xliii. 364 ; 

 Evans' Stone 419 ; Stourhead Cat. 49— 49b, 187— 187b ;Soc. Ant. 

 Map. 454. [Defaced by rabbits, bushes on top. 1912. M.E.C.]. 



9. (26) Fine bowl-shaped barrow, 97ft. diam. 9Jft. high, opened 1804 



by W. Cunnington fruitlessly, again by Hoare. Skeleton in 

 shallow trough of wood of boat-like form, necklace of amber and 

 jet beads, bronze knife dagger and awl and small vessel. O.M. 

 54 SW. ; A. W. 1. 124 ; Soc. Ant. Map 453. [Defaced by rabbits. 

 1912. M.E.C.] 



10. (27) Barrow 90ft. dia., 7ft. high, at junction of W. Stoke, Ames- 



bury and Wilsford parishes, opened by Hoare. Skeletons of 2 

 dogs near surface. In floor large cist 5ft. X 4ft. X 2jft. deep. 

 At the bottom 2 skeletons side by side with drinking cup at head ; 

 above these 5 other skeletons side by side, two of them of young 

 persons ; above these a skeleton with an urn inverted over burnt 

 bones in its lap, for which a semi-circular niche in the side of 

 the cist had been cut. Hoare found proof that these burials 

 were made at different times, the urn last. He regarded it as 

 a family burial place. O.M. 54 SW. ; A. W. I. 125 ; Stowhead 

 Cat. 274 ; Soc. Ant. Map 452. 



