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that on the small end, and found only a few ashes and charred wood ; 

 but in the central mound we discovered near the top, a skeleton and 

 a drinking cup, both of which had been disturbed. On reaching the 

 floor of the Long Barrow, we found a circular cist like a little well, 

 but it contained no interment." It seems clear that the primary in- 

 terment, if there is one, was not reached. The barrow is, and has 

 been for many years, under cultivation, and is much scattered and 

 levelled, but the irregular outline as described by Hoare is still clear ; 

 no ditches are visible. O.M. 54 SE. ; A. W. I. 170. 

 This appears to be the barrow referred to by Stukeley as "along 

 barrow, which I suppose, the Archdruids' who lived at Eadfyn." 

 Stonehenge, 38 Tab. xxv. This barrow is not included in Thurnam's 

 list of those opened by Hoare and Cunnington. Arch. xlii. 180. 



Edington. 7. " Tinhead Barrow," on Tinhead Hill. Length 220ft. ; 

 N.E. and S.W. Opened by Thurnam, who states that "it had 

 evidently been rifled at some unknown period " ; he only found 

 " traces of human remains in the usual situation at the east end, 

 with a fragment or two of rude black pottery." It stands on ploughed 

 ground, and its E. end is ploughed over, but the greater part of the 

 mound is planted with trees. The ditches are obliterated, and 

 material has been dug out of the mound in more than one place, 

 many years ago, for large trees are now growing in the hollows. 

 O.M. 45 NE. ; A. W. I. 88 ; Arch. xlii. 180, 194—5. 



Figheldean. 27. " Knighton Barrow," 1 on Knighton Down. Length 

 182ft. ; E. and W. There seems to be no record of this barrow ever 

 having been opened, but it looks as if it had been dug into in more 

 than one place. Although not of great length this is a very fine 

 barrow, and the most conspicuously situated of any in the county, 

 being a landmark for many miles across the Plain in every direction. 

 The mound is of great height and the ditches unusually deep and 

 well defined. It has been much disfigured of late years by the 

 military, who have chosen the southern ditch as a convenient spot 

 in which to put a series of water tanks. O.M. 54 NE. ; A. W. I. 

 175—6. 



Figheldean. 31. S. of Bobin Hood Ball (clump of trees) and E. of 

 circular earthwork. Length 148ft. S.E. and N.W. Opened by 

 Thurnam Sept. 8th, 1864, who found the primary interment, consisting 

 of the bones of a single individual, hot in their natural order, but 

 forming a pile, very little to the east of the centre of the mound. 

 He also found a secondary burial of a skeleton with a "drinking cup." 2 

 The following account is from the M.S. Cat.: — "The primary in- 

 terment consisted of a skeleton doubled up in the black earth at the 

 base of the barrow, within a space of not more than l£ft. square. 

 There was reason for thinking that the bones had been separated 



1 Beferred to by Stukeley as " North Long Barrow." 

 2 This vessel is now in the British Museum. 



