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SPEIGHT : UPPER WHARFEDALE EXPLORATION. 
examined. The diameter was 06 feet X-S. and 76 feet W-E., and 
the central portion had fallen in, making- a dip 4 feet lower than the 
surrounding ridge, which formed a ring whose diameter was 27 feet. 
Commencing from the interior, a careful examination of that part and 
of the encircling mound was made. A depth of 4 feet of limestones 
at the centre of the hollow was underlaid by a stratum of clay 3 inches 
in depth, below which was the limestone. The whole mound was 
constructed simply of stones, chosen at random and placed together 
without divisions or w T alls. Our finds were : 
1. 7 feet E.X E. of the centre, at a depth of 5 feet from the surface 
of the hollow, the remains of a giant skeleton, much broken, as 
usual. Head-direction due S., body straight out, laid on its 
back, one hand near the head, the other among the vertebrae. 
2. G feet N.N.E. of the centre, human remains consisting of seven 
well-preserved teeth, five phalanges, portions of lower jaw and 
of the skull. 
3. 12 feet S.E. of centre, remains of skeleton ; head due W., straight 
out on left side ; skull fragmentary, lower jaw complete. 
4. 16 feet X.W. of centre, among the dry outside stones of the 
encircling mound, remains of skeleton, with which was the first 
skull we found with frontal bones present and the upper jaw 
preserved ; certain phalanges and portions of limb bones also 
present. 
5. 7 feet N. of No. 3, fragments of skull and jaw, with several teeth 
and phalanges. 
6. 8 feet S. of centre on N.E. line, skeleton, much decayed ; head 
due W., legs doubled up, feet S.W. 
7. 9 feet S.W. of No. 1, many phalanges with a few fragments of 
skull. 
8. Four knives, similar to those previously found ; a small bronze 
pin ; part of a spiral bone pin ; and a sharpened bronze blade- 
implement perforated at one end. 
This concluded the active work of the season, but I should men- 
tion that the result of a constant search by various helpers, amongst 
whom we are especially beholden to Parker Birch and his nephew 
James, has been the finding of many interesting flint implements, 
