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 AT BROUOHTON, LINCOLXSHIRK. 317 soil was excavated to the liai'd iron sand of tliis locality, until we had nearly worked out the entire barrow, and failed in discovering that the subsoil had been at any time disturbed. The next (No. 7) was examined with little better success. At about the depth of 3 ft., we came to ashes and charcoal, and, after that, found some burnt bones, but in small (pian- tities, showing that at some time it had been distm-bed. After excavating to the hard natural surface, without finding any other deposit, the barrow was filled up again, so as to present its original form. It measured CG ft. in diameter, and was 4 ft. in height. The last barrow of this group (No. 8). was about 50 yards in the rear of No. 7, and very similar in fonn ; it measured 66 ft. in diameter, and 3 ft. in height. Having excavated to the depth of 2 ft., an urn, ornamented with scorings, was discovered, surrounded with charcoal and ashes. The ui-n was erect ; one side was unfortunately much fractured. AVith some difficulty it was extracted from the sandy soil, which adhered to it most firmly. It was of a different form to those found in the other barrows (Nos. 2 and 3), having no shoulder or projecting line half-way up the side ; its form dilated from the base upwards 9-| in., flush to the upper band, which is 3 in. in depth, inclined slightl}'" inwards, and ornamented with eight perpendicular lines of the rope pattern, alternately with eight lines impressed horizontally. This urn is thin, the clay half-burnt and porous, in thickness half an inch ; it is black inside, and of a reddish-brown colour outside. The burnt bones had been disturbed, and the cavity was only half-filled. On examining the bones, part of a small cup was found, much fractured ; when restored, irregular dotted lines were found to run round it, for 2 in. in depth. It sloped inwards from the rim, on which dotted hues were impressed in a diagonal direction. It measured 41 in. in height, by 2f at base. On further examination being made, three rough, chipped, angular pieces of flint, apparently prepared for fabricating arrow-heads, were i'oun<l towards the bottom of the larger urn. (See woodcuts, next page.) No flint, it should be observed, is found in the natural strata within several miles of Broughton. There are several peculiarities observable in the investi- gation of this group of barrows, which deserve notice. The