30 PRE-HISTORY IN ESSEX.
Bartlow Hills, visit to (Joseph Clarke, E.N., iii., 1889,.
pp. 288-289). The author, who witnessed the opening in
1832-4-5, rightly concludes that they belonged to some
British princes under Roman rule. The erection of the
tumulus was not a Roman custom. (Second visit to,.
E.N., xvii., 1913, p. 221.) 248
Mersea Barrow, visit to (E.N., xvii., 1913, p. 230), a large
tumulus of similar type to above, which contained an early
Romano-British interment [264]. 249.
Felstead (J. French, E.N., vi., 1892, pp. 100-101). The
"Quaker's Mount," at Bannister Green, is 15 or 20 feet
high, and has a flat top, measuring 22 by 18 yards. It was
surrounded by a moat 8 or 10 yards wide. 250
Chigwell (W. C. Waller, E.N., vii., 1893, p. 130). A moated
mound, the site of the ancient manor-house. 251
Norsey Wood, Billericay (E.N., xiv., 1906, p. 162 ; xvi., 1909,.
108-110). Two sepulchral tumuli. Much Romano-
British pottery and other antiquities have been found.
There are earthworks in the neighbouring Bishop's Wood. 252
Wormingford (T. V. Holmes, quoting Rev. H. Jenkins, E.N.,
i., 1887, p. 82). A large mound close to the Stour, destroyed
for spreading on the land. "Hundreds" of urns were
found placed in parallel rows. [Vide also 192]. 253.
Dunstable (W. G. Smith, E.N., viii., 1894, p. 39). Brief note
of a round barrow containing the skeletons of a woman
and child surrounded by a ring of fossil Echini. 254
"Queen Boadicea's Tomb," Parliament Hill, Hampstead
(E.N., viii., 1894, p. 248). Two trenches were cut across
it, but no relics discovered. 255
XVI.—Human Remains.
Eoanthropus, vide iii.
Palaeolithic. Bury St. Edmunds, vide no.
One Tree Hill, obscured interment, vide 9.
Tilbury, vide 112.
West Thurrock ? (T. V. Holmes, E.N., iv., 1890, p. 148).
Skeleton in osier coffin, in Alluvium of Mardyke. No
evidence of date. 256
Foxearth (J. M. Wood, E.N., xv., 1908, pp. 164-167, 3 figs.).
The skeleton was buried in the contracted position, but
no relics were found. It was presented to the E.F.C.
Museum. 257