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burial. On the north side, at about two feet below the 
surface, the skeleton of a female had been found extended at 
length, and was probably that of a young person. The skull 
was destroyed, but near the neck were the remains of a neck- 
lace, which originally consisted of, probably, about 120 vari- 
ously-shaped beads of jet and kimmerage coal; of these forty- 
seven are of cylindrical form, and twelve are slightly conical 
studs, about the size of a shilling, pierced on the back with two 
holes meeting at an angle in the centre. Both these forms are 
much acted upon by time, and are beginning to split up, while 
the remaining fifty- six were small circular discs perforated 
in the centre, slightly countersunk, and quite unaltered by 
time ; also a connecting fragment of bone. In a similar 
necklace, found by the Bev. W. Greenwell in Northum- 
berland, the beads were also of two different materials, 
jet and shale. Towards the centre of the tumulus, and 
about five feet below the surface, the remains of several 
skeletons were found, of various ages and characters; in one 
lower jaw the last molar or dens sapientiae was just breaking 
through, while in another the alveolar cavities were entirely 
absorbed, indicating, on the contrary, extreme old age. Again, 
while the frontal bones in several were of the ordinary form, 
one of the skulls had the low receding forehead and the 
superciliary ridge very prominent. All the bones were in- 
termixed with soil, fragments of pottery, and chippings of 
flint. There were also numerous shells of helix nemoralis 
and zonites radiatus, whitened by age. It may suggest a 
curious inquiry, How had these shells become associated with 
the other remains? They could not have been of recent in- 
troduction, as no apertures existed, and I found them in the 
firmly-packed soil, which had not been removed for a long 
period. If a single individual or two had been exhumed, and 
near the surface, the above supposition might have been pro- 
bable, but here they occurred in too great a number to have 
