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urns exhibited a clumsiness of manufacture, together with consider- 
able thickness, and a more obviously rude appearance tlian any of the 
others \ and these were in every instance found in the centre of the 
lioue, and indicated the first interment. Mr. Atkinson concluded that 
the most recent interment met with in this portion of Cleveland 
dates back more than twenty-five centuries, whilst with respect to 
the earliest they appear to indicate an era so remote that a century 
or two more or less makes no practical difference. 
At a succeeding meeting the same year, the description of some 
barrows near Bridlington was given by Mr. Edward Tindall. Five of 
them had been opened in the neighbourhood, and previously des- 
cribed by Mr. Wright. In October, 1857, in conjunction with 
Captain Collision, Mr. Tindall commenced his investigations. The 
tumulus opened occupied an elevated position between Bridlington 
and Buckton. It is about 100 yards in circumference and 9 feet in 
height. On approaching the centre of the tumulus by means of a 
trench, a quantity of flint chippings were discovered, amongst which 
occurred one or two examples of arrow heads. In the centre of the 
tumulus was a human skeleton. Between the jaws of the skull was 
found a leaf-shaped arrow head, which appeared to have entered the 
back of the head and passed forward to the mouth. The skeleton 
w^as laid on its back in a trench dug in the chalk, 2 feet wide, 18 
inches deep, and 51 feet in length. On the surface of the chalk 
surrounding this trench were tw^elve circular holes, about 9 inches in 
diameter and 12 inches deep, in which were deposited calcined bones 
and particles of charcoal. The purpose of this peculiar feature could 
not be conjectured, they may have either served to have received the 
ashes of sacrifices at the death of the occupant of the central cist, 
or may have been food offerings. An urn w\as found near the skeleton, 
it was broken, but had contained ashes and a small quantity of burned 
earth. Mr. Tindal states that the flint implements found in tumuli 
invariably seemed to indicate more modern and elaborate workman- 
ship than those discovered in the soil overlying chalk, apart from 
interments. On the conclusion of the paper, the Rev. W. C. Lucas 
stated that though he had had considerable experience in the investi- 
gation of tumuli, he did not remember any instance in which circular 
holes around the trench had been found. 
