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of calcined bone. The interior was half full of burnt bones 
and human teeth, and several fragments of a smaller urn. 
In the cavity below the larger urn the soil was greasy and 
black, also mixed with charcoal and small pieces of bone, 
probably the remains of cremation on the spot. 
Near to the road leading from Boltby to Hawnby is a long 
dike or embankment, about 5 feet 6 inches in height, on the 
side of which, and at a spot called Silver Hill, a tumulus 
64 feet in diameter and 5 feet 6 inches in height, was opened 
by Mr. Manners Verity and Mr. Murray, on the 15th of 
August, 1864. From the remains of two skeletons which 
occurred near the surface, it was evident it had been pre- 
viously disturbed. The original interment, however, on a 
bed of stiff clay, was found to consist of the male skeleton of 
an aged individual, lying on its left side, with the knees 
drawn up to within 7 inches of the chin, the head bent 
forward, the arms crossed, so that the right hand lay on the 
knees, and the left in front of the pelvis. The clay under 
the body was black and discoloured, several stones were 
placed round the body, and upon one the head, which was 
turned to the east, rested. The whole space occupied by the 
entire skeleton was only about 30 inches by 24. The teeth 
were much worn, and amongst the bones of the left hand 
was a bone ring of rather small size and with an unusual 
horizontal projection of the same material to extend over 
the fingers on each side at right angles. The tumulus and 
the adjoining embankment exhibited parallel black lines 
extending through them, as if formed by layers of vegetable 
substances now partially carbonized. In a section of the 
embankment were found two long and narrow flint flakes. 
At Boltby Scar, 1,075 feet above the level of the sea, and 
on the summit of a steep precipice, is an indication of an 
oblong tumulus, and two circular ones, situated within a 
semicircular intrenched camp, which has been protected by 
