Barfrestone Grave 23

Large tumulus. The bones were almost gone; the coffin had passed the fire. Near the right hip was a brass buckle and shank [M 6582]; its shank appears to have had some stone, or perhaps ivory, set in it; the blade of a knife; and at the feet an open mouthed urn of black coarse earth [M 6581], capable of containing about three pints: the grave was about four feet deep.