398 List of the Long Barrows of Wiltshire. 



" to be not easily discovered." This growth has now disappeared, 

 the mound is grass-grown, and the partially-ruined chamber, or 

 " kistvaen," as Hoare calls it, is quite clear. Most, if not all, the 

 stones that once formed the chamber are still in situ, but several 

 have fallen down. It was oblong in shape, with one large stone, that 

 still stands, forming its back, or westernmost wall ; the side walls 

 were formed by two stones, one on each side, and it was no doubt the 

 collapse inwards of the one on the northern side that let down the 

 large covering stone into the leaning position in which it now lies. 

 Immediately in front of the two stones forming the side walls, i.e., to 

 the eastward of them, are two fallen stones, so much buried in the 

 ground, that it is not possible to see their size or shape ; it seems not 

 improbable that these formed portals to the chamber. Of the stones 

 that once stood round the mound three, or perhaps four, may still be 

 seen lying partially buried. There is now what looks like a wide 

 crack in the covering stone, and the stone is actually in two pieces. 

 The Rev. A. 0. Smith states that this stone was split by workmen 

 preparatory to breaking it up into building stone, but that fortunately 

 he arrived on the scene in time to prevent further damage. O.M. 

 28 NE. ; A. W. II. 43 ; Arch. xlii. 203 ; Smith p. 198, xiv. K. iv. a ; 

 Proc. Soc. Ant. 2nd S. II. 309. 



Fresliute. 3a. The Dolmen known as the "Devil's Den," in Clatford 

 Bottom. No recorded opening. This may be the chamber of a long 

 barrow, or an erection never intended to be wholly covered, such as 

 the standing stones at Littleton Drew (see under Nettleton). 

 It was considered to be the remnant of a barrow by the Eev. W. C. 

 Lukis, and by Sir R. C. Hoare. The latter says of it : " From the 

 elevated ground ' on which this monument is placed, it is evident 

 that it was intended as a part annexed to the sepulchral mound, and 

 erected probably at the east end of it, according to the usual custom 

 of primitive times." It consists of a massive covering stone resting 

 on several uprights, which appear to have given somewhat under the 

 weight imposed upon them. There are also several other recumbent 

 sarsen stones which no doubt formed a part of the monument, what- 

 ever its exact character may have been. 0.31. 28 SE. ; A. W. II. 43 ; 

 Smith p. 202—3, XV. K. v. a ; Stukeley, Abury 49. 



Shalbourne, 5. In Great Botley Copse, N. of Tidcombe. Length 170ft. ; 

 S. and N. No recorded opening. Now in a wood and thickly covered 

 with undergrowth ; there is a large circular cavity at the south end 

 that may show where it has been dug into. O.M. 43 ; A. W. I. 187. 



Shalbourne. [5a.] On Smay Down, E. of " The Hassock " and W. of 

 old chalk pit. Length about 162ft. ; S.E. and N.W. It is said that 

 this barrow has been opened and that skeletons were found, but there 

 is no record of the opening, and no particulars seem to be known. 



1 This must refer to the artificial rising (the remnant of the mound) for 

 it lies in a combe or " Bottom." 



