The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-31 00:00:00

THE YORKSHIRE IVOLD TUJIULL

The investigations carried on by the Rev. Canon.
Greenwell, of Durham, and with him many lead-
ing archo3)logists of this country, during the last
three years, have been brought to a cicse on the
North Wold range, between Malton and Scarbo-
rough, this week, by the opening of the last two
barrows that had been previously tampered with by
curiosity hunters, who had mostly dug a funnel-
shaped hole in the centre. Of these many thus im-
perfectly opened remain, but they are gradually
' disappearing before the modern implements of the
farmer, where in fact they are not led wholly
away to spread on the fields as " marl." In a
few years hence the mounds which for so maul
centuries have marked the graves of the Britons
will have totally disappeared before the plough and
the drag harrow. In order tc rescue from de-
struction the valuable remains contained in the wold
tumuli, Mr. Greenwell intends commencing similar
researches on South \Vold range, and it is intended
part of this work shall be done during the present
year, in the vicinity of Bridlington. Singularly the
last two openings near Scarborough were of yell,
great interest, the barrows yielding fine samples 01
pottery, flint, and stone implements, and numerous
burials, all in the contracted way, and interred
in all directions. A third barrow, which years ago
was opened in the centre by the late Lord Londes-
borough, yielded a brachycephalic skull of the most
perfect type. The last but one of the undisturbed
barrows was of 72ft. diameter and 3ft. high, com-
posed entirely of earth. At the, centre was a
grave in the rock, one foot deep, which contained
the body of a man, laid on the left side, con-
tracted, the head being towards S. by E: Before the
face of the skeleton was a drinking cup. After the
graev had been filled in a layer of very large that
stones had been laid, and over them a large quantity
of charcoal just at the level of the natural surface.
Over this was a bed of clay, and upon that a bed of
small flints, then the earth of the barrow. This was
the only burial. In the materials, carelessly tbrowa
in, were a few potsherds, several flint scrapers, and
a most beautiful gouge of indurated clay shale,
7in. long. This instrument had its cutting edge
perfect, and had a polish fine as glass over the whole
surface. The last barrow proved one of the most
interesting of the whole series, having both in-
humed, cremated, and disturbed interments. The
tumulus was 3ft. high and 64ft, in diameter, and,
formed of earth. At the centre was a large oval
grave, 8f t. by 7f t., and 5f t. deep, dug into the chalk,.
which had been filled in with chalk and earth In
separate masses. The grave was E. and W. .1"
the bottom, nearly at the north side, was the con'
tracted skeleton of a woman; on the left side, with
the head to E.S.E., and both hands up to the face.
This was the only body in the grave which had not
been disturbed.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Eroung.

Amsterdam Short ... 11 181 ~. 11 181
Do
Rotterdam — ... 12 0 ... 12 1
Antwerp — ... 25 321 ... 25 371
Brussels
Hamburgh — ... 13 91 ... 13 10
Paris
Ditto
Mraseilles
Frankfort-on-the-Main ... 119 k ... 1201
Vienna — ... 11 8U ... 11 85

Trieste — ... 11 80 ... 11 85
Petersburg
Copenhagen — ~ 9 2U ... 9 23
Berlin

47i
POI%
Madrid..

Cadiz —

Leghorn
Milan — ... 27 30 27 40

Genoa — ... 27 30 ::: 27 V

Naples
Palermo — ... 27 30 ... 27 40
Messina

Lisbon — 521

Oporto — ... 521
Rio Janeiro
~,

isiow York
... SOP