414 List of the Long Barroios of Wiltshire. 



Out of the3e 72 barrows, the larger end of the mound is towards the 

 E. in 24 cases ; between S. and E. in 18 ; between N. and E. in 13 ; 

 between S. and W. in 2 ; to the S. in 7 ; to the N. in 4 ; none to the 

 W. ; and to the W.N. W. only 1 (Sherrington, according to Hoare, but 

 the mound is too much dilapidated to verify now) ; in 3 cases it is 

 uncertain. It is clear, therefore, that there was a very decided 

 preference for placing the larger end of the barrow towards the E , 

 and an even more decided dislike for having it towards the W. The 

 broad end of the peculiar barrow, Durrington 63, is, as stated by 

 Hoare, towards the W., but the character of the mound is doubtful, 

 and it seems in any case to have been much disturbed by secondary 

 burials. It cannot, therefore, be regarded as a certain exception to 

 the otherwise invariable rule of avoidance of orientating the broad 

 end to the west. 



