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Brighton of Yorkshire. The exploration being announced 
to take place on the 1 2th and 13th of October, 1857, a great 
number of ladies and gentlemen assembled on the spot 
to witness the revelation of hidden treasure and ancient 
relics. Copious notes of the proceedings, measurements, &c, 
were taken by Professor Phillips and myself. 
The Cairn Head is a narrow promontory or cliff, running 
out into the sea, and with a ridge of rock, with which it is 
connected, called Filey Brigg, extending half-a-mile further 
into the sea, forms the beautiful, expansive, and safe bay of 
Filey — unquestionably the sinus salutaris of Ptolemy. The 
site of the barrow is between the Spa-well, or the line of 
main cliff, and the extreme point of the Cairn Head, and 
it extends nearly across that part of the promontory where 
it is situated. 
The recent heavy rains having dislodged portions of earth 
on the north side of the cliff, exposed to view some 
remains of a rude kind of masonry. Among the debris 
of the fallen earth were scattered portions of charred 
wood, bones, broken pottery, &c, which attracted the 
attention of Mr. Wilson, painter, who immediately brought 
some of the specimens to me. I repaired with him to the 
scene of the discovery, and unhesitatingly declared the 
remains to be of Roman origin, and forthwith acquainted 
the Rev. Richard Brooke, landlord of the estate on which 
the barrow is situated. He fortunately being in the neigh- 
bourhood, on his accustomed visit to Scarbro,' promptly 
determined to have the place further and effectually 
examined. This was accordingly done, as we have before 
stated, on the 12th and 13th of October. Mr. Elders 
having directed the excavators to their task, they soon came 
upon an object of interest — a large tooled stone. In a line 
with this, close upon the edge of the cliff, they found another 
about 1 5 feet apart. They then began operations in parallel 
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