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 Further Researches in a Cemetery at Brighthampton. 85 were dislocated and shattered by the ploughshare ; the partial preservation of some being solely owing to their having been deposited a little deeper than the rest. It will be seen by the accompanying Plan, for the preparation of which I am indebted to Mr. Stephen Stone, that these urns were scattered promiscuously among the graves ; and, if not aifording evidence of the contemporaneous practice of inhumation and cremation, are, at least, proof that the burial of the dead near those whose bodies had been burnt was dictated by a desire that they should lie in the same spot as their kindred, whose remains had undergone the earlier rite of burning. The excavations were recommenced on the western side of the ground pre- viously explored, but without .success. Proceeding in a south-easterly direction, on the fourth day a grave was discovered ; and the following details will show the progress of the work. The numbers are continued from the last report. No. 15. Skeleton of a man, measuring six feet, with the head to the south-west ; the right arm lying across the breast ; the hand resting on the middle of a sword, the pommel of which was under the arm-pit; in the lap a knife. This grave was protected by three large stones. Close to the pommel lay a flat, perforated, square piece of horn, which subsequent discoveries show to have been an ornament or appendage of the sword-knot. a No. 16. The grave of a woman. Near the neck two amber beads, and a set of toilette implements of bronze ; on the shoulders two flat circular fibula? and defaced coin pierced for suspension. No knife was discovered. No. 17. Grave of a girl. At the neck ten glass and paste beads, three coins pierced for suspension, two of Constantino the Great, much worn, and the third with the devices and legends obliterated ; also a small metal disc perforated in the centre. On the breast a taper bronze hair-pin, measuring 6 inches. No. 18. The grave of a woman of advanced age. The head to the south. Right hand in the lap ; left, by the side. On the breast a stout bronze pin 3^ inches long. At the left shoulder a small ring and a pair of tweezers, both of bronze. This grave was only 2 feet 2 inches deep, but was protected by large stones. No. 19. Grave of a man. The head to the south ; left hand by the side ; the femur measuring 18 inches. No relique. Compare 31 and 44. A sword found at Oberflacht was thus accompanied. Archajologia, Vol. XXXVI. p. 139. So also in the graves of Little Wilbraham.