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third skeleton was found to the E. of the other two ; it was that of a 

 girl, and was "doubled up with head to the N.N. W. and the hand 

 applied to the head." A. fourth skeleton was also near the summit 

 of the barrow, and E. of the other three ; it was contracted " with a 

 fine British drinking cup near the hips." The fifth skeleton was 

 "almost exactly at the centre of the barrow (but E. of the other four ?), 

 at a depth of ljft. ; it was doubled up, with head to the east, and 

 without relics. 



In reference to the third burial, that of the girl's skeleton, Thurnam 

 says "Just above this skeleton, and perhaps dropped when it was 

 interred, was a piece of a finely-grained stone implement of micaceous 

 sandstone, like the altar stone of Stonehenge (a mile distant). This 

 was of the " finger biscuit " sort, and not perhaps intended for a whet- 

 stone." This stone was examined later by Wm. Cunnington, F.G.S., 

 who states " It is of fine micaceous sandstone, it is true, and so far 

 resembles the ' altar ' stone at Stonehenge ; but it is of lighter colour, 

 and so does not 'precisely agree' with the altar stone. It is an imple- 

 ment, probably a whetstone." W.A.M. xvi. 93, note. This stone is 

 now in the British M useum. Still in reference to the same burial Dr. 

 Thurnam adds "The above skull considered as that of a secondary 

 British interment in a Long Barrow is in my experience exceptionally 

 dolichocephalic. I feel a doubt whether this barrow is not excep- 

 tional as to the place of deposit of the bodies, and whether some of 

 these interments are not really of the Long Barrow — or Stone Period. 

 Certainly that with the fine drinking cup must be referred to the 

 Kound Barrow Period — or that of bronze. .. . . The eastern half 

 of this barrow has been completely searched down to the floor, and 

 the primary interment not found. - . . Altogether sixteen holes 

 have been sunk into this barrow without certainly meeting with the 

 primary interment, the hope of which must be abandoned Oct. 20th, 

 1866." 



This barrow is in excellent preservation, and shows little sign of the 

 extensive excavations that have been made in it ; the ditches are fairly 

 well defined on both sides. O.M. 60 NW. ; A. W. I. 206 ; Arch. xlii. 

 196, 198 ; xliii. 425, note ; W.A.M. xvi. 93, note ; MS. Cat. Nos. 

 228—9, 243, 256-7. 



Wilsford. 41. S.W. of Stonehenge. No. 1 of Hoare's Lake Group. 

 Length 169ft. ; S.E. and N.W. No recorded opening. It is now in 

 a plantation, but is otherwise in fair condition. O.M. 63 N W. ; A. W. 

 I. 209. 



"Winterbourne Monkton. 8. On Monkton Down. Length 80ft. ; 

 E. and W. Opened by Dean Merewether but no burial found. Not 

 ploughed ; in good condition and apparently not touched since Dean 

 Merewether's time ; there are four sarsen stones still to be seen at 

 the western end ; there is no sign of ditches. O.M. 28 NW. ; Smith 

 p. 126, X. H. iii. b. ; Proc. Arch. Inst. Salisbury 104 (barrow No. 26). 



