PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
GEOLOGICAL AND POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY 
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AT THE FORTY-SEVENTH MEETING, HELD IN THE 
COURT-HOUSE, BARNSLEY, ON THURSDAY, JULY 1 6TH, 1857, 
AT TWELVE O'CLOCK AT NOON. 
Mr. Denny having read letters from the Right Hon. 
the Earl Fitzwilliam, the President, and Lord Londesborough, 
one of the Vice-Presidents, regretting their inability to attend 
the Meeting, the Rev. Richard E. Roberts, M.A., 
Incumbent of St. George's, Barnsley, was called to the 
Chair. 
The Rev. Chairman, having addressed the Society in 
a brief speech, called upon Mr. Denny to read the first 
paper : — 
ON SOME ANCIENT BARROWS, OR TUMULI, RECENTLY 
OPENED IN EAST YORKSHIRE. BY THOMAS WRIGHT, 
ESQ., M.A., F.S.A., &C. &C. 
The town of Bridlington stretches from east to west along 
sloping ground which rises towards the north. The higher 
ground above the town is called Hunton, and commands 
towards the south an extensive prospect of Bridlington Bay 
and Holderness. This high ground is divided into fields, 
