Barrow at Ogbourne St. Andrew's, Wilts, 



eminent naturalists, who have seen them, neither can say to what 

 class they belong. 1 



The arrangement of the layers of which the barrow was composed 

 is as follows The surface soil was clayey, beneath this there were 

 about 3ft. of clayey earth mixed with much river-drift from the 

 adjoining meadows, then more flinty earth, and lastly, clay with 

 flint, to, the bottom of the barrow. The latter deposit was doubtless 

 derived from the original soil, as it was first pared off from the 

 surrounding surface in forming the barrow. 



A fine leaf arrow-head of dark-coloured flint was found just below 

 the turf, at the top of the barrow, and several interesting flint im- 

 plements and rubbers of sarsen stone were turned up in the course 

 of the excavations. 



The work was carried on under the superintendence of Mr. Henry 

 Cunnington (on behalf of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society), the 

 The Rev. H. Carwardine (Vicar of Ogbourne), Walter Money, Esq., 

 F.S.A., Robert Tanner, Esq., The Rev. T. A. Preston, and Mr. 

 Cunnington, F.G.S. Several of the authorities from Marlborough 

 College, and other gentry of the neighbourhood, showed considerable 

 interest in the operations, which extended over five days — June 8th 

 to 12th, 1885. 



1 The calcareous tubes, mentioned above, were first noticed by our late friend 

 and coadjutor, Mr. C. Moore, in the Journal of the Geological Society, February, 

 1881. He did not distinguish between the two kinds of tubes, and proposed the 

 name Tubutella ambigua to include both. He was mistaken in supposing 

 that they " belong to the freshwater deposits," as the fact of finding them in such 

 abundance in this barrow fully proves. 



