Kingston Down Grave 157

Tumulus much as the last. The grave was about two and a half feet deep, and pointed due north and south;[1] the feet were towards the north; bones of an elderly person, and pretty sound; the skull was much deformed. The coffin did not appear to have passed the fire; the right arm lay across the body; the left arm lay straight down by the side. Here was nothing but a small brass buckle and it's shank, as before; the blade of a knife and some nails.[1]The skeletons discovered in Bursted Wood pointed the same way. – B.F. Skeletons found by workmen in 1749 in Bursted Wood, located in the parish of Bishopsbourne are mentioned in the Introduction to Kingston Down, Inventorium Sepulchrale, p. 36. See site Investigation History. – D.H.