. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE. Fig. -Urn from Cairn No. Fernworthv kistvaen (No. 2) with remains of a stone row connecting with a large cairn (No. 4). About 80 yds. ESE. of the stone circle is a small cairn standing on a slight rise in the ground (No. i), whilst farther north is a double stone row terminating with a mound. This stone row points to the stone circle, but whether it was ever actually joined to it is doubtful. Cairns Nos. 2, 3, and 4 have all been disturbed at some unknown time. No. 2 (see fig. 9) contained a kistvaen
. The Victoria history of the county of Devon;. Natural history. A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE. Fig. -Urn from Cairn No. Fernworthv kistvaen (No. 2) with remains of a stone row connecting with a large cairn (No. 4). About 80 yds. ESE. of the stone circle is a small cairn standing on a slight rise in the ground (No. i), whilst farther north is a double stone row terminating with a mound. This stone row points to the stone circle, but whether it was ever actually joined to it is doubtful. Cairns Nos. 2, 3, and 4 have all been disturbed at some unknown time. No. 2 (see fig. 9) contained a kistvaen; and although previously rifled masses of burnt bones mixed with ' calm' or sub-soil and peaty earth weighing 4^ lb. were found in the bottom of the kist, the burnt bones could not positively be identified as they were too fragmentary and consumed by fire, but they corresponded with the characteristics of human remains. Cairns Nos. 3 and 4 gave no results, with the exception of a tiny flint chip in No. 4. The leading idea of this group of antiquities was evidently sepulchral, and as No. i cairn appeared to have escaped previous disturbance it was thoroughly explored in 1897. It had a diameter of 19 ft., was 2 ft. above ground-level in the centre, but was concealed by a growth of heather, and short furze and bracken, the roots of the two latter being found deep down in the structure. The cairn was originally surrounded by stand- ing stones ; three of these were in position, 9 to lO ft. from the existing foot of the slope of the barrow. The accompanying sections (see fig. 9) explain the structure of the cairn. It was evidently made by clearing away a circular area of ground, with a diameter of about 19 ft., and after excavating about 14 in. of the 'calm,' or sub-soil, a pit was sunk in the centre to a depth of 18 in. This pit was 4 ft. wide from east to west, whilst from north to south it was 7 ft. The depth of this pit from original ground-level was 3 ft. 3 in., so that the tot
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