. Records by Spade and Terrier. et. These remains consisted of several humanskulls and bones lying closely packed together in groups,generally between vertical stones, and sometimes overlaid withslabs of stone. These were all found in one part of the mound,in close proximity to the large entrance stones, and at thebase of the two which still stand, apparently in their originalposition, at the east end entrance of the barrow. (Plate I.)(The third stone, which had evidently once formed the capstone rested upon the other two, which were covered withearth, stood on its side further off.) Some of t
. Records by Spade and Terrier. et. These remains consisted of several humanskulls and bones lying closely packed together in groups,generally between vertical stones, and sometimes overlaid withslabs of stone. These were all found in one part of the mound,in close proximity to the large entrance stones, and at thebase of the two which still stand, apparently in their originalposition, at the east end entrance of the barrow. (Plate I.)(The third stone, which had evidently once formed the capstone rested upon the other two, which were covered withearth, stood on its side further off.) Some of the skulls andbones were submitted to the inspection of the late lamentedDr. John Beddoe, whose report upon them is as follows :— These bones are those of several individuals, differing in age and sex ; unfortunately they are all so much fractured B RECORDS BY SPADE AND TERRIER. and comminuted that I cannot derive from them any certain or even fairly probable conclusions as to stature, head form, or race type On the whole, one. EXCAVATIONS. 3 may say that one man among the persons whose remains are here, and that one most likely the chief or principal, was a big, sturdy fellow ; but of his stature one can say nothing. His mention of the Chief or Principal suggeststhe possibility of this barrow having been the last restingplace of some chief man of his tribe, such as he of whomOssian sings, If fall I must in the field, raise high my grave—grey-stones and heaped-up earth shall mark me to futuretimes—when the hunter shall sit by the mound and producehis food at noon. Some warrior rests here, he will say, andmy fame shall live in his praise. It was hardly to be expected that we should find manyarticles of value, as it is seldom, says Mr. Elton, that relicsof any importance are found in British barrows of these earlytypes. This fact itself besides its shape proclaimed it to beone of the stone-chambered barrows of the Neolithic race ofmen like those at Stony Littleton, Uley, and
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