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in a bad state, it was not possible to determine the manner in which 

 the body had been disposed. 



By the side of the human skeleton, on the south side, weie some 

 remains of red deer, and remains of a 

 small horse (fig. 1, b). The remains 

 identified as deer consisted of two horns 

 and a leg-bone. The tines of the horns 

 had been broken off, with the exception of the fii'st tine 

 in each case, so that they took the form of deer-horn 

 picks. A noticeable feature is that the handle-end of 

 the example figured shows well-marked traces of cuts, 

 also the stumps left where the tines have been removed 

 show marks of cuts in both cases (fig. 2). The second 

 horn is not figured, it is imperfect ; the lower half of 

 the handle portion broke into pieces in attempting to 

 remove it. 



The horse lay on its left side, the head to the west. It 

 is probable, from the number of bones found, that the 

 horse was buried whole along with the human body. 

 All the remains lay on the same level ; and it was evident 

 from the clearly marked horizontal line formed by the 

 bone-bed across the section of the mound, that a surface 

 had been prepared on which the bodies had been laid. 

 Directly below the bodies of the woman and horse 



interment was found on the level of 

 the old surface of the ground (fig. 1, c). 

 It rested on a rude block of stone, and 

 consisted of an almost plain urn in- 

 verted over the burnt bones. No 

 chamber or structural arrangement of 

 •stones to protect the ui'n had been 

 attempted. The urn was in a bad 

 state, and could only be removed in 

 fragments. A di'awing of the vessel 

 restored is given (fig. 3). The decora- 

 tion round the upper part 

 rudely scored. 



The most interesting feature of this 

 tumulus is the burial of the woman 

 and horse in the upper part of the mound. Such buiials have been 

 Usually considered to be secondary interments of later date than the 



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