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Notes on Barrow- diggings. 



of the surfaco, and surrounded with flints, as in the other case. 

 At 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, were discovered separate interments, 

 in each case the burnt bones being contained within a circle of 

 flints. Two flint mullers or rubbers were found in this barrow. 



The next barrow examined was one of small elevation, numbered 

 3 on the plan, which has been so frequently ploughed over as to be 

 rendered scarcely perceptible. At a depth of about seven inches 

 from the surface in the centre of the mound, we discovered a 

 skeleton, quite perfect, on its right side, knees bent, lying east and 

 west, with its head to the west. The deceased must have been an 

 aged man, for the spine and thigh bones were much curved, and 

 the sutures of the skull were entirely obliterated. The teeth were 

 also greatly worn down with use. The hands met in front of the 

 abdomen, and close to them was an iron knife much corroded. The 

 plough had torn up the pottery and scattered it in fragments about 

 the barrow. It was of a thick coarse description and of a dark 

 colour ; and the lip of one of the vessels had rude indentations by 

 way of ornament ; and a band of similar character encircled the 

 waist, two projections on opposite sides of the band servingforhandles. 



Barrow No. 2, which had been similarly maltreated by the 

 plough and nearly obliterated, produced nothing at all. 



Barrow No. 1, appears to have been a double one, and to have 

 been disturbed at an early date. Fragments of urns that could 

 not have been reached by the plough, were scattered in all direc- 

 tions in the large portion of the mound ; and one or two pieces 

 belonged to vessels made of fine clay, well baked, and minutely 

 ornamented with delicate indentations. There were also traces of 

 fire and ashes. In the small portion of the mound were only 

 pieces of charcoal. 



Barrow No. 12, a low one, was next attacked, and contained the 

 skeleton of a child, on its right side, in a cist two feet long, 

 north-west and south-east, the head being towards the former 

 point. Near the breast was found a bead of Kimmeridge coal, 

 and on the south side of the head near the face, was a small 

 jar or cup with one handle, inverted, and nearly entire. A 

 small piece was wanting to complete the vessel, but as the 



