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DISCOVERY OF A CIST. 



one on each side, both pierced horizontally, for convenience of 

 being hung bj a suspending string. Between the lugs on one 

 side is a small projection or " mamelon," such as is found in 

 urns discovered in the Guernsey dolmens ; the position where 

 the other " mamelon " would be was where the side was 

 broken away. The urn at the time of discovery was full of 

 the same clayey loam in which it was imbedded, and on being 

 emptied, after being dried, nothing was found in it. 



After the emptying of the chamber, the capstone was slid 

 back again, and comparisons with the photographs and the 

 marks on the stones showed it was again in its position as 

 discovered. 



The clearing of the enclosure was now proceeded with. 

 The face B on plan had been partially cleared and it was now 

 completed, and a trench Avas carried on as the stones were met 

 with. Another circle was discovered to the S.E. of the 

 eastern face (see E on plan), formed of fewer and much larger 

 stones than the circle A, but of much the same size externally. 

 No objects of interest were found in this circle when dug 

 down into, and the same stratification observed on the other 

 parts of the site was met with, the stones of the circle again 

 being found to rest on the same beach, and this proved to be 

 the case in the whole of the excavation of the enclosure. 



From the circle E the enclosure was found to project to 

 the West, almost at a right angle to the face B, and in the 

 angle formed by the circle E and the continuation of the 

 enclosure (marked F on the plan) was a confused mass of 

 small stones. These when cleared away exposed a small cist, 

 Gr on plan, oft. 2in. long (1.35m.) x 1ft. 9in. to 1ft. (52'5cm. 

 to 30cm.) wide x 1ft. 6in. (45cm.) deep, formed of one large 

 and one small stone set up on edge on each side, and one stone 

 at each end also set on edge and fitting in between the side 

 stones, as in the central cist (see illustration F). A stone found 

 at the head or Eastern end of this cist had the appearance of 

 having formed part of the capstone. It is noticeable in this cist 

 that there are appearances of its having formed two cists, the 

 larger section (to the Eastward) 3ft. 2in (95cm.) long x 1ft. 

 (30cm.) wide, being narrower than the section, 2ft. (60cm.) 

 long x 1ft. 9in. (52'5cm.) wide, to the Westward. In that 

 case the interments would have taken place in different 

 directions thus J. and the Western interment would have been 

 of a small person. Possibly it was of a mother and child. 

 This cist, or cists, were surrounded by an enclosure of stones 

 nearly perfect and subsidiary to circle E. On being cleared 

 this cist contained nothing worth recording. 



