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 ANCIENT EARTHWORKS Helmingham (Ivii, 12). — A tumulus with a flat top and surrounded by a ditch is near the village, and other tumuli that have been destroyed near the church have yielded numerous British relics. Herringswell (xxxii, 5). — A tumulus is on the heath to the west of the village. HoNiNGTON (xxiii, 13). — 'Troston Mount,' a tumulus on the eastern side of Broad Mere, west of the village. IcKLiNGHAM (xxi, 7 and 16). — 'Howe Hill,' a tumulus south of Rake Heath, close to the Thetford road ; another lies to the west of Lackford Road Heath and south-east of Bernersfield Farm. On Mitchell's Hill are the remains of a cemetery, and many remains of interments are in the northern part of the parish. Iken (Ixix, i). — A tumulus is on Iken Heath, west of Oak Covert. Kentford (xxxii, 13). — A tumulus lies to the east of Cock and Bull Farm and north-east of Kentford. Knettishall (xiv, 15). — Tumuli are on Knettishall Heath. Lackford (xxxii, 12). — In Long Belt Wood, between Hall Heath and Intercommon Heath, is a tumulus. Levington (Ixxxiii, 6 and 7). — Tumuli are situated on Levington Heath. Martlesham (Ixxvi, 6, 7, 10, and 12). — Many tumuli are scattered over Martlesham Heath, and others to the south on Brightwell Heath. Another is on Waldringfield Heath. Mildenhall (xxi, 6). — On Warren Hill, north of the road to Bury, is a group of bowl-shaped barrows called the ' Three Hills,' 70 ft. in diameter and 9 ft. high ; formerly — according to Salmon — these were surrounded by ditches. They were opened in 1875 and the interments were found to be inhumation, and orientated ; many implements of iron were unearthed. Nacton (Ixxxiii, 2). — The 'Seven Hills' were a group of tumuli on Knight's Heath ; all but three have been levelled, and of those, one situated immediately behind the Police Station is in course of demolition. In the course of taking the sandy soil, of which it is composed, for garden purposes, a quantity of black pottery has been found, but, considered as rubbish, the potsherds have been yet further broken to make a garden path. This tumulus has been of bowl-form, g ft. high at the apex. Another, in a plantation, covers a large area and is 6 ft. high ; and the third, in an adjacent coppice, is of smaller pro- portions. One of the latter is said to have been explored, but no results were obtained. Norton (xlv, 3). — A tumulus is in the grounds of Little Haugh Hall, the name of which is suggestive. RisBY (xxxii, 16; and xliii, 3). — Tumuli are upon Risby Poor's Heath and also to the east of it. The remains of another lie near the Newmarket road,^ north of Barrow Bottom and of the railway. Rough AM (xlv, 9 and 13). — Two Roman tumuli have here been ex- plored. The smaller of them was opened by Prof. Henslow in 1844, and the contents — as near as possible arranged as when found — are now in the museum at Bury. ' East Low Hill ' is a large tumulus 25 ft. high, its longer axis lying north and south. A tunnel was pierced from the northern side and 50 ft. from the outer edge the tomb was discovered ; raised on a platform and covered by a 627