By E. A. Rawlence. 



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female child of 6 or 7 years, as she had not lost her first teeth. 



The skulls of both disclosed decided hydrocephalic symptoms, 

 especially the child's, which was altogether abnormal. 



I would suggest that possibly the upper skeleton is that of the 

 mother, who had a slight hydrocephalic tendency, which developed 

 more decidedly in her child, who died quite young from this cause. 

 The mother died shortly after, and was buried in the same grave, 

 which would account for her proximity to the surface. 



A considerable quantity of cremated bones were found in heaps 

 near both skeletons. 



I am satisfied that the urn belonged to the first burial, as its 

 bottom was at that level. It had been smashed to atoms, probably 

 by the rollers passing over the land, but after endless labour we 

 succeeded in glueing all the pieces recovered together, as you see 

 it, and as shown in the accompanying photograph. Its measure- 

 ments are as follows : — height, 14 inches ; diameter of mouth, 13J 

 inches : diameter of base, 5 inches. 



It is unfortunate that the whole of the urn has not been re- 

 covered. I have turned over the ground a second time in the hope 

 of finding the remainder, but without success. 



I may add that we found one very small cylindrical bead with 

 the child, which I am sorry to say has been mislaid. It was 

 about half-an-inch long and an eighth-of-an-inch in diameter, of a 

 whitish colour. Curiously I noticed in your Museum this morning 

 a small food vessel found with a child's skeleton with one bead, 

 which, by the way, was also missing. Was there anything mystic 

 about the one bead ? 



All the bodies that we found had been laid in exactly the same 

 position, with their heads due east, which would seem to indicate 

 that they were sun worshippers. 



The vessel here illustrated differs somewhat in type from the 

 majority of the cinerary urns found in Wiltshire, moreover it was 

 found beside an inhumated body. In shape and ornament it 

 somewhat resembles the " Food Vessels " found so abundantly in 

 the Yorkshire and Derbyshire barrows, most commonly, though by 

 no means exclusively, with unburnt bodies, but they are not found 



