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SPEIGHT : UPPER WHARFEDALE EXPLORATION. 
of 1-3 feet above the original surface. The materials of construction 
consist of rolled limestone pebbles, large boulders, and earth, and the 
barrow is partly natural, being raised upon a hillock at the junction 
of two mineral veins. 
At the previous examination, before the formation of this Com- 
mittee, an entry was made into the centre of the mound, where was 
a rectangular grave, 7 feet by 3 feet, in the N.E. corner of which lay 
a human skeleton, under rough blocks of decomposed limestone, 4 feet 
below the surface of the mound. The body was laid on the left side, 
with the legs doubled up, the head-direction being due E. From the 
earth dug out of this central grave were taken fifteen human teeth, 
in addition to twelve found with the jaw ; a third thigh bone, 
indicating a double interment, an iron knife (blade and haft), 
4 inches long and \ inch broad, part of an iron pin or nail, and a 
piece of worked bone with an iron rivet. 
Twelve feet S. from the centre was a hollow 5 feet E-1V. by 2£ 
feet N-S., sunk a few inches below the surface ; this contained only 
the ordinary material of the barrow with a few human teeth. From 
here I dug a trench through to the centre with a width of 3 feet. 
10 feet S. from the centre were a flint scraper and a flint chip (the 
only fragments of that material found in this barrow), just beneath 
the socl, while scattered about this portion were calcined bones of 
animals, pieces of charcoal and 30 human teeth. Here also I found 
a circular doubly-perforated button or pendant of jet or Kimmeridge 
shale, near which were pieces of chevron-marked pottery, including 
part of the rim of a vessel. 8 feet S. of the centre were portions of a 
bone-pin and of a bone-handle. 
As the Exploration Committee had decided upon completing 
the examination of this mound, a trench was driven through from W. 
to E. This laid bare portions of the rude limestone boulder wall 
which entirely surrounds the barrow, 3 feet in thickness and 1 or 2 
feet in height. Remains of another interment were found 15 feet E. 
from the centre, under a large limestone slab, and near to the skull 
was an iron nail. 6 feet nearer the centre was a bronze ring 1 inch 
in diameter, which, according to Prof. Dawkins, probably formed 
part of a ring-brooch. In the S.E. section of the mound, 12 feet 
