Antiquities presented hy Sir Henri/ Hoare, Bart. 341 



a depth of 2ft. The fact that human bones were formerly supposed 

 to be of much value for their medical properties, may account for 

 the removal of the skeletons from this, as well as from others of 

 the adjoining barrows. 



Antiquities pmntib % £it feiwg f om ' W xxt 



By Mr. Cunnington, F.G.S. 

 msHE Society is indebted to Sir Henry Hoare for a chest, 

 WM received in August last, containing stone, bronze, and 

 o^eVantiquities, which, having been stored away in a distant part 

 of the bouse, were overlooked when the contents of the Stem-head 

 Museum were removed to Devizes in 1883. 



There are about seventy specimens, many of them of very early 

 date, others ranging down to Roman, and even Saxon times. 

 Among them are several of Danish origin, resembling forms which 

 are figured in MonteWs " Antiquity Su&loises," and the general 

 character of the remains leads us to think that they were obtained 

 by Sir Richard Colt Hoare during a visit to Northern Europe, early 

 in his antiquarian career. The following is a catalogue of the 

 specimens, which are now arranged in a case in the County Museum, 

 where they will prove of much interest for comparison with the 

 general Wiltshire collection : — 



Ancient Pottery. 



Small rude cup, height only lfin., similar to those found in a 

 barrow near Beckhampton, now in the County Museum. See en- 

 graving, ArchEeologia, Vol. XLIII., PI. XXIX, 11. 



Small cup with convex bottom, height Sin. 



