other with wooden pegs, and very ingeniously wrought. The 
whole, unfortunately, is in great decay. Some of the hones 
were preserved, and we found the remains of a hazel stick, laid 
over the body from the right hand to the left foot. 
3. A coffin, of which the sides are gone, hut the bottom is 
in good order, and is nearly flat. The outside length is oft. 
8jin.; the width at the shoulder 18in., and at the foot 9in. 
The wood is three inches thick. The body in this instance has 
been too long for the coffin, and it has been necessary to cut 
away the wood to make a place for the head. The lid is flat. 
This coffin was examined by Dr. Parsons, of Groole, who found 
the bones in confusion, no doubt through the action of the tide. 
The skull is broken. The deceased person was, I believe, a 
woman. 
4. A long thin coffin 6ft. 6jin. long, each end being 6in. 
thick. It contains the bones of a man who has been six feet in 
height. The skull is injured. In the left hand was a hazel 
twig. 
5. A coffin 5ft. 8jin. long by outside measurement, 18in. 
wide at the head, and 13 jin. at the foot. The sides are 1 jin. 
and the bottom 3in. thick. This coffin is in excellent preser¬ 
vation, and is very well made. The lid is flat, in one piece. 
The coffin seems to have been too short for its tenant, and the 
difficulty was met by sawing off the end, which was laid against 
the feet of the corpse. The skeleton is that of a woman in 
very good preservation. By the action of the tide the smaller 
bones were heaped in confusion at the upper end of the coffin. 
This coffin is now in the possession of the Society. 
6. A coffin 6ft. Tin. in length, 15in. wide at the head, and 
llin. at the feet, with a flat lid, in two pieces. The depth 
inside is 19in. The skull is broken by the lid pressing upon it. 
In the right hand of the skeleton, which was probably that of a 
woman, was found a small bunch of hazel twigs. 
7. The coffin of a woman, long and narrow, being 6ft. 9in. 
long, 19 jin. wide at the head, and 15in. at the foot. The lid 
is rounded, and so is the interior. The hollow of the coffin, 
(now in the possession of the Society) seems to have been filled 
up to make a bed for the skeleton, the right arm of which is 
