446 MORTIMER: PRE-HISTORY OF THE VILLAGE OF FIMBER. 
knees much drawn up, both arms bent over the abdomen, and the 
head pointing a little east of north, the femur, tibia, and liumerus 
measured respectively 16, 12, and 11 inches, and were probably those 
of a female. The right humerus was more than i of an inch longer 
than the left one. About 8 inches under the feet of this body was 
the tibia of a stag or small ox ; wdiilst at a depth of 3 feet under No. 
3 lay a body (No. 5) on its chest, extended at full length, except the 
right leg which was slightly bent at the knee; the left arm was bent, 
with the hand under the pelvis, and the right arm was laid straight by 
the side of the body, the head pointed in the same direction as the head 
of the body No. 3. The femur measured 17f inches, the tibia 13t 
inches, the humerus 12^ inches, and belong probably to a male. 
A body (No. 4) was placed about 20 feet east of the last one, 
in a grave similar in form and size. This body rested on the 
left side with the head directed a little east of north ; the knees were 
much drawn up, and both the hands 'were placed in front of the face. 
The femur measured 18 inches, the tibia 13|, and the humerus r2f 
inches. A body (No. 6) was placed 3 feet deep, it w^as much doubled 
up, and, except that it was laid on the right side, its posture was the 
same as No. 4. The femur, tibia, and humerus measured 16?, 12^, 
and 12 inches respectively. About 12 feet east of the last grave a 
similar one was found, but the interment had been disturbed at the 
time of planting the quickwood fence, and most of the bones had 
been broken. Near to the bodies No. 3 and 5 was the greater 
portion of the skeleton of a pig, within a rude cist of large chalk 
stones. We found several places where the white chalk gravel of the 
valley bottom had been excavated and refilled with dark soil, freely 
mixed with broken and unbroken animal bones, and also with numerous 
fragments of man)^ kinds of coarse Roman pottery, but it was observed 
that no potsherds accompanied the bodies in any of the graves. 
Second Examinatioii, February 20th, 1874. — A further exami- 
nation was commenced in that part of the adjoining field contiguous 
to the north side of the line. The first discovery was a body (No. 7) 
placed in an oval grave, 6 feet by 4j feet and 2i feet deep, in the 
position shown on the plan. The femur measured 15 J inches; the 
tibia 12|- inches; the humerus 1 If inches; and the bones probably 
belonged to a small female. 
