346 Notes on a Group of Barrows on BecJchamjoton Downs. 



shewing- a mixture of green sand with the clay, makes this the more 

 prohable, as both green sand and clay are so near to hand. 



In 1750 Dr. John Davies, of Devizes, in his curious little book, 

 (( Origines Divisiana," refers to a statement made by Dr. Musgrave, 

 that a " certain Alexander, a maker of crockery ware," did " reside 

 in this very ancient little Toivn." Whether Pans Lane owes its 

 name to the said Alexander's handiwork, or to the " rural God," 

 who preferred his " Falernian Wine " in " earthen vessels" must be 

 left to archaeologists to decide. 



The articles found in the Pans Lane cutting, with several speci- 

 mens of the broken pottery, were carefully collected and preserved 

 by the late Mr. Henry Cunnington, and are now placed in the 

 Museum. 



otes on a 6rott| of §arrote on §edt|am^toit 

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(See Rev. A. C. Smith's Map, D. VI. and p. 103.) 

 By William Cunnington, F.G.S. 



fi|EW persons travelling over these downs can have failed to 

 notice these fine barrows. They are on the left-hand, going 

 towards Marlborough, close to the wayside, where the old 

 Bath and London road joins the modern road to London, and about 

 a mile from Shepherd's Shore. They are five in number, four of 

 them are laid down in Mr. Smith's map, o.,p., q. } r.> and a small 

 one is included within the ditch of that marked " r," nearly where 

 the letter r occurs on the map. Those marked o., q t) and r. are 

 fine examples of the variety known as " bell-barrows." Their outline 

 is very elegant, though they are not so high as some in the south 

 of the county. 1 



1 We have often rejoiced ovor tho fine boll-barrows of Wiltshire. To see them 



