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 EARLY MAN earthwork there were several basins or cavities of considerable size ' supposed to have been possibly the sites of ancient habitations.' A description of these cavities was published in the Gentleman s Magazine for 1853, P* 3^^ ' whether they were connected with the earthwork in point of date, however, does not appear. The earthwork itself does not appear to have received a satisfactory explanation. The writer desires to record his obligations to Mr. H. Cecil Moore, of Hereford, for information courteously given during the preparation of this article. Tumuli The following list of tumuli in Herefordshire includes those which appear to be of sepulchral origin, but without the evidence which can be gained only by excavation it is impossible to say whether in every case they contain traces of interments: — Aston. — Tumulus with moat. Brampton Bryan. — Tumulus i mile west of. Brampton Bryan. — Mound in orchard by Lower Pedwardine (house). Brilley. — Mound i mile to the west of hamlet, and another in Cwinma Green Coppice. Combe. — Tumulus to north-east of Combe. Dorstone. — Tump near Fowmine Farm. Another tump mile to the south-west of it. Downton. — Tumulus just north-west of St. Giles's Church, Downton on the Rock. Eastnor. — Tumulus within camp. Ganarew. — Tumuli within camp in Deer Park. Hentland. — Site of tumulus known as ' Chapel Tump.' Huntington. — Turret tump to the north of Little Hengoed ; another mound mile south of this. King's Caple. — Tumulus called ' Caple Tump.' King's Pyon. — Tumulus just north of Butt House. Kington. — Mound to the east of Lilwall Farm. Leintwardine. — Two large tumuli mile west of. Possibly refuges for cattle in flood-time. LiNGEN. — Tumulus f mile north-east of Lingen Castle. Llancillo. — Mound (? tumulus). Longtown. — Mound (? tumulus). Moreton. — Castle tump, just north of Ashton Eye. Much Dewchurch. — Tump in village. St. Weonards. — Tump to the south-west of the church. Thruxton. — Tumulus to the west of Thruxton Church. VowcHURCH. — Tump just north-east of Chanstone Court. Walford. — Large tumulus at. Walterstone. — Mound (? tumulus). Topographical List Arthur's Stone, Bredwardine Hill. — An important cromlech lram. Woolhope Field Club {1882), 175-80 ; (1901-2), 194-9 ; Arch. Cambr. (Ser. 2), v, 94-6]. Aston Ingham. — Bronze rapier-shaped blade in collection of Sir John Evans. It is 14 in. long, and the rivet-holes cut the margin of its base [Evans, Bronze Imp. 250]. BisHOPSTONE. — Bronze celt, in the possession of Rev. G. H. Davenport, of Foxley. Brandon. — Barrow containing urn with burnt bones [Camden, Brit. (ed. Gough), iii, 78 ; Trans. Woolhope Field Club (1882), 254]. BucKNELL. — Bronze palstave, with side and stop-ridges found at Ardley Moor near Bucknell ; now in the British Museum [Evans, Bronze Imp. 74]. Dorstone, Turnastone, and Vowchurch. — Four bronze socketed celts, each with one loop, and of varying forms. {See illustrations.) The largest, which was decorated with parallel ribs, is broken. They are now in Hereford Museum, where they are described as having been found in the three parishes named. 165