AT BROUGHTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. 345
and just fitting into the larger one. (See Avoodcut.) This
appeared to answer the purpose of a cover, and to liave been
placed as a protection to the burnt bones on which it rested.
The soil, as well as bracken roots, having penetrated between
the two urns, gave the whole a very compact form. At first
the deposit looked as if the urn had been reversed (in the
usual mode of burial) until the whole was cleared of soil
and roots. On being lifted out, we were much struck by
the unusual appearance of these urns, never having met
with any similar interment, where one urn formed a cover
for the other. No mention is made in Sir R. Colt Iloare's
work of any such custom noticed in Wiltshire tumuli, nor do
1 think that it is described by any other writer, although small
vessels, generally described as drinking cups, are sometimes
found deposited within larger urns, in British barrows in this
country. The height of this urn is 13 in., diam, at the base
4 in., from which its form dilates for 7-^ in. ; after which the
sides fall in, for 3 in. On this part, a pattern is imjjressed
or scored, consisting of five horizontal lines, alternately with
seven perpendicular lines of the same. Above this, a pro-
jecting band, three inches in depth, appears, with two rows
of the chevron ornament impressed thereon, wuth a narrow
scoring of half an inch above this, running round the top.
Each line is formed b}^ small diagonal markings, such as
might have been produced by impressing a piece of coarsely
twisted rope upon the clay, when in a soft state. The inside
slopes off half an inch from the upper edge, round which the
same pattern runs in a diagonal direc-
tion. This urn w^as nearly filled with
burnt bones, and, on examining these
remains, no signs of any cloth or brass
pin w^as found. A rough angular piece
of flint was found, such as might be
chipped and fashioned to serve as a
small lance or arrow head (see wood-
cut) ; it measured Ij in. in length ;
together with a piece of bronze, much
decayed, in the form of an arrow-head,
but differing in form from those of fiint,
having a narrow tongue to fix it to the
shaft. This curious little relic measures in its present state
2 in. in length. The leaf-shaped blade is thin, and hua
Fragment of ^Uex. Orig. tin.
