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 346 ACCOUNT OF THE EXAMINATION OF TUMULI Bronze Arrow-head. Orig. size. neither a central ridge nor barbs. It appears to belong to the first and simplest class of bronze arrow-heads indicated bj Mr. Dunoyer in his remarks on their classification ; and he gives a repre- sentation of one of these, preserved in the British Museum, as an example of this early type. (See Archaeol. Journ., vol. vii., p. 281.) No. 4. — This barrow was very low, not more than 2 ft. high and 60 ft. in diameter. It was near Appleby Lord- ship, being the most northerly of the whole groujD. The position is 260 ft. north-west of No. 1. The usual ex- cavation was made in the centre, down to the hard stratum of iron sand (which did not in this or in any of the barrows appear ever to have been disturbed) without meeting with the deposit. We then determined to proceed until nearly the entire barrow was excavated. This was done without meeting with any charcoal or ashes ; but little doubt can exist that the mound had been erected as a place of sepulchral deposit. No. 5. — This barrow was in the rear of No. 3, forming, with the rest, nearly a straight line towards the village of Broughton. It was somewhat more elevated than the last, being nearly 4 ft. high and 60 ft. in diameter. In form, it closely resembled the others, being flat at top, with sides sloped off for 5 ft. to the base line, at which the diameter was taken. This barrow, like several of the others, had been disturbed. At the depth of 3 ft., we came to burnt bones in a decayed state, with charcoal and ashes scattered through the soil, for the space of 2 ft. So few bones being found, it appeared as if the urn had, at some previous time, been extracted, and the bones scattered, possibly in digging for rabbits. If this had been a simple interment by cremation, the bones would doubtless have been heaped up in a more regular manner, and they would have been found in larger quantity. No. 6.. — This tumulus was similar to the last in form, and measured 60 ft. in diameter and 4 ft. hifrh. We were not o successful in finding the deposit in this barrow, although the