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about 50ft. from the southern skirt of the barrow. It was in the 

 contracted posture, and close to it was the skeleton of an infant. The 

 femur measured I7in., the humerus 12in., though the bones of the 

 skull are very thick I think it female. The skull had been smashed, 

 probably by the plough. Though great labour was bestowed upon 

 it, the true primary interment was not found in the barrow. There 

 were portions however of the skeleton of an infant about 3ft. (deep) 

 and just over the dark stratum. About 2jft. (deep) were parts of 

 the skeletons of at least three individuals of Bos longifrons, consist- 

 ing of several entire carpi and tarsi, every bone, down to the 

 sesamoids, being in situ ; and parts of a pelvis and of a skull of the 

 same animal. The greater part of these were presented by me to the 

 Museum of Anatomy, at Oxford. I retain one carpus and two tarsi, 

 the bones of which were perfect enough to be articulated. They had 

 evidently been cut off from the carcases Avith the hoofs and probably 

 the enteguments entire, and thrown on the incomplete funeral mound, 

 whilst the flesh was probably cooked and eaten on the occasion of a 

 feast and sacrifice. Exhumed by J. T. (John Thurnam) March 29 

 and April 6, 1866." 

 This mound and the whole of the eastern part of the Cursus, is now, as 

 it seems to have been in Thurnam's time, under cultivation ; the 

 mound is much lowered and scattered about, and no sign of the 

 ditches referred to by Thurnam can now be seen on the surface. 

 O.M. 54 SE.; Arch, xlii., 180, 182 ; A.W. I. 158; MS. Gat. No. 239. 

 Amesbury. 59. N. of Amesbury-Andover Road, between New Barn 

 and the second milestone out of Amesbury. Length 125ft ; S.S.E. 

 by N.N.W. No recorded opening. A fine barrow with ditches still 

 traceable, but now under cultivation. There is a large round barrow 

 almost touching its fringe at the northern end. O.M. 55 SW. Not 

 shown by Hoare. 

 For two Long barrows, now destroyed, in Amesbury parish, see end of 

 this list. 



Ansty. 1. On Whitesheet Hill, at junction of Donhead St. Andrew, 

 Ansty, and Berwick St. John parish boundaries, close to and N. of the 

 old Shaftesbury Road, E. of the 14th milestone to Salisbury. Length 

 132ft. N.E. by S.W. There is no recorded opening of this barrow, 

 but it appears to have been dug into near the centre. It is otherwise 

 in good condition^ and stands on uncultivated ground, and the ditches 

 are well defined. O.M. 69, SE ; A. W. I. Map of Fovant Station. 



Avebury. 17. " Longstone Barrow," at Beckhampton, in a field north of 

 Beckhampton House, and S.W. of the Longstones. Length 1 N.E. 

 by S.W. 1 Much of the material of this once large barrow has been 

 taken away from time to time, and it is now only a large unshapely 

 heap, without any vestige of ditches. There is no record of its ever 

 having been systematically opened, but according toDeanMerewether 

 burials have been found in the course of its partial destruction. He 



1 As shown by Hoare. 



