By the Rev. A. C. Smith, M.A. 



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barrow first opened was that in the centre of the village, close to 

 the house of Mr. Tuckey, but u it did not produce any indications 

 of former sepulture, except fragments of charcoal, and something 

 like the oxidation of iron. It was composed of a close clayey soil, 

 very different from the material of the barrows on the hills, as were 

 all the four examined here. In the second mound " — for so the 

 Dean called these two, doubting if they were barrows — situated in 

 the village, at the south-east corner, " the attack was made from the 

 side by way of trench, on account of the size and the top being 

 covered by a clump of fir trees. Many bones, of the ox probably 

 and smaller animals, the hare in particular, one or two pieces of 

 corroded iron and a part of the wards of a key 1 were found ; but no 



sepulchral deposit, although tbe trench was carried into the centre. 39 

 The two barrows in " Barrow Field " were then attacked, with 

 anticipations the most encouraging, as they were distinguished by 

 traditions which ranked them highly in the estimation of the in- 

 habitants : moreover a few hundred yards to the south-east of these 

 barrows, in a field called Foxbury, the termination of which word 

 perhaps denoted the existence of some earthwork which has dis- 

 appeared before the plough, various Roman coins from Trajan to 



1 Figured under the letter S in the Salisbury volume of the Institute, and re- 

 produced here by permission. 



