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6. In the third, at a depth of two feet, was the skeleton of a tall 

 female in a shallow cist, in the usual contracted posture, with the 

 head to the north : under the turf were a few teeth of an ox. No- 

 thing else was found. 



About a quarter of a mile to the east, on Roughridge Hill, are 

 two groups, the first consisting of four, the other of three low 

 xmounds. 



7. In the second of the first group, counting from the south, at 

 the depth of a foot, was a deposit of the burnt bones of a female or 

 young person. The other three had been previously opened by 

 Mr. William Cunnington, and all found to cover interments after 

 cremation. 



In each of the more northernly group of three, we also found 

 deposits of burnt bones : 



8. In the first, these were at the depth of between three and four 

 feet, mixed with a few ashes, and with fragments of sun-dried pot- 

 tery, of both the coarse and finer sorts. There were also two pins 

 of ivory, one of them tinged with bronze. 



9. This yielded nothing beyond a heap of burnt bones, on the 

 surface of the chalk. 



10. In this, at a depth of two feet, was a small deposit of in- 

 cinerated bones, with much burnt wood and ashes, and likewise a 

 small cup of ornamented but coarse sun-dried pottery, and a per- 

 forated bead of bone or ivory an inch long. At a distance of two 

 feet on the same level, was the jaw of a pig, and in another place a 

 bone or two of an ox. 



11. A single barrow on the slope of the hill about half a mile to 

 the north of the last, (marked on the Ordnance Map, but not on 

 those in "Ancient Wilts,") at the depth of two feet, yielded a few 

 burnt bones, a fragment of black pottery and a tooth or two of 

 an ox. 



Further east, on the summit of Easton Hill, are a long barrow, 

 and one of a fine bell-shape. 



12. In this last, at the depth of two feet, was a grooved pin of 

 bone two inches long, and a few scattered teeth and animal bones. 

 At six feet was a large pile of burnt bones, probably those of a 

 male ; and below and around these, a quantity of wood ashes. 



