42 PRE-HISTOUIC ARCHAEOLOGY OF EAST DEVON.

the remains were inclosed after their removal fioni the We now proceeileil with the investigation of a third barrow, formed of jK-at and clay, with occasional indications of charcoal. It was situate close to the road-side, not many yards distant from the barrow examined in the presence of the Devonshire Association in ISGS. In diameter it was about 36 ft., and in height about 3 ft. In the centre of the mound was a simple deposit of burnt bones and ashes, un- acc(^mpanied by pottery or implements of any kind. Upon a subsequent occasion I was enabled to proceed with the investigation of the group of seven barrows, which occupy the eastern escarpment of Broad Down. The tumu- lus which now came under our notice occupied the centre of the group, and was situated about twenty yards to the south of that described above as enclosing a kist-vaen. It was about 7 ft. in perpendicular height, 120 ft. in diameter, and surrounded by a shallow fosse, beyond which again were the remains of a pcristalith, consisting of masses of chert, arranged in a circle, at equal distances apart. Upon re- moving the outer surface of the mound to a depth of about 3 It., we came in contact with a central mass or cairn of flints. A considerable amount of time and labour were expended in the removal of this construction, which was built up of small stones, and was wanting in the constructive skill and ability displayed in the adjoining barrow that we liad previously investigated. The domed roof had fallen in, the sides had bulged out, and the kist-vaen, through lapse of tiiiK; and the pressure of the earth upon it, had dcgene- latetl into a confused heaj) of stones. (Fig- 0'.) This heavy portion of (jur labcjur having been at last surmounted, wo came on a (h'jjosit of burnt hones, packed within the layei's tjf tiic bark of a tree, and resting ujion this were the remains of a bronze spear-head (fig. 7), much corroded. Subse- (|uently we found the rivet by which this implcmrnt was aflixod to the liaft. Proceeding carefully with the disj)lace- inent of the stones, wo were gratifu'd to observe a drinking- cup (fig. 8j at the further or eastern extremity of the cairn. It lay upon its Ki<l(^ at a distance of about 3 ft. from the burnt remains ; and llioui;h it was fiiiiily weil^cl uiilijn ;i, compact mass of stones, we wei"e eiialflnl to rem(ie it alniost cntin' fi-om its long hiding jilace. It measured if} in. in