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Identifier: wiltshirearchaeo2818godd (find matches)
Title: The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Goddard, Edward Hungerford, 1854- Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society. Proceedings
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: (Devizes, Eng. : The Society)
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much spread by ploughing, and isnow 80ft. in diameter and 3ft. 6in. high. Excavation was commenced in April,1895, in the centre, and at 1ft. numerous flint-flakes were passed through,together with fragments of burnt sarsen, also a piece of ornamented pottery, Iprobably part of a drinking-cup. At 2ft. layers of light brown earth were ex-posed, about Jin- thick, sharply defined against the darker soil of the barrow. In ;this were found three small flint scrapers, a piece of stags horn, and a quantity ;;of flakes. At 3ft. charcoal and wood ashes denoted that an interment wasnear, and at 3ft. Gin. a heap of burnt bones was uncovered, placed on the \floor of the barrow, and not in a cist. The chalk underneath was rammeddown hard and smooth. Just above the bones was a knife-dagger of bronze, .the point of which is missing, and was broken off, apparently before it wasplaced in the barrow. It is rather over 4in. long, and l^in. wide at the i6th Century Spur found at Malmesbury Abbey. Scale J.
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Notes, Archaeological and Historical. 263 handle end, and still retains the three rivets which fastened it to the handle,the shape of which could be distinctly seen. By the side of this was a finely-worked flint arrow-head, of an uncommon hollow-based type, ;; of an inchlong and the same in width. The barrow stands in a field the surface of which is strewn with sherds ofRoman pottery. The farm labourers have a tradition that a Church and alarge town once existed on the spot. A. D. Passmoeb.British Skeleton at Swindon. In August, 1894, some men, whilst cutting a road through a field calledthe Butts, near the Midland Railway bridge, came upon a skeleton lyingon its side, about 3ft. 6in. deep. The hands were covering the face, and theknees drawn up towards the chin. The head pointed to the south-east. Icarefully examined the ground around the interment, and found several flintflakes. From the position of the skeleton there can be no doubt that this isa prehistoric burial. The skull has b

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