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ABSTRACT EXCAVATION of a long barrow near Notgrove in the Cotswolds has revealed an interior structure of a remarkable and, in certain respects, unusual character. Tho barrow is situated on


a side road off the Cheltenham—Stow-on-the-Wold road, near the Notgrove G.W.R. station. It is being excavated by Mrs. E. M. Clifford with the assistance of a party of Cambridge students. The


chamber, according to a report of the excavation which appears in The Times of September 2, is of the double cruciform type, which is rare in England, only about half a dozen examples being


known. It has a horned entrance in dry stone walling that is, the sides are prolonged to enclose partially a space at the entrance and on the north side is a revetment wall in an excellent


state of preservation. The south side, and also part of the north side, have been found to be enclosed by a rampart built of stone. The oxtent of this structure is being traced by further


excavation. Tho most unusual feature, however, is a ‘rotunda’, a circular structure of large stones surrounded by a dry wall at the west end of the chambers a form of structure of the


greatest rarity, of which the purpose is unknown. These unusual features, which tempt comparisons that would bo hazardous without plans and photographs, press for early publication of fall


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