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XC. An Account of a remarkable Monument 
found near Afhford in Derby fhire : In a 
Letter from the Reverend Mr . Evatt, of 
Afhford, to Mr. Whitehurfl:, of Derby. 
Communicated by Benjamin Franklin, 
LL. Z). F. S. 
Dear Sir, Afhford, October 5, 1761. 
Read May 13, t If'^HE following is the bed account I 
1761. am a kj e tQ g- ye y QU Q f CU n 0 fity 
I told you of, difcovered fome time ago in our neigh- 
bourhood ; to which I have added, an imperfect 
drawing, that, I hope, will, notwithftanding, give 
you a tolerable idea of it. 
In the year 1759, as fome people were making a 
turnpike-road through the village of Wardlow, near this 
place, they thought proper to take out of an adjoining 
held, aheapofdone, that had lain there time immemo- 
rial, and without any tradition* that I could find, why 
it was thrown together in that place, although it was 
manifeft it was a work of art. Here, to their great 
furprize, upon removing the done, they found a mo- 
nument, to the memory of feventeen perlbns, or 
more, who had been there interred, in the manner 
expreifed in the drawing annexed. [Vide Tab . XV.] 
The bodies appeared to have been laid upon the 
furface of the ground, upon long flat ftones, and 
their heads and breads prote&ed from the incumbent 
weight of done, by fmall walls made round them, 
with a flat done over the top, as I have endeavoured 
1 to 
