_Of the barrows or sepulchral tumuli about_ Abury, _very numerous here, as having for ages been a metropolitical temple. The several kinds of them, conjecturally distinguished. Royal barrows of old and later fashions. Druids’ barrows. Archdruids’ or long barrows._ Silbury _much the largest barrow about_ Abury, _and perhaps in the world. The temple built, seemingly, on account of this barrow. The sacred character as a prophylactic to the ashes of the dead. The Druids taught the resurrection of the body as well as soul. The great king dug up, who was interred at top. His most ancient bridle found with the corps, in possession of the author. The_ british _chariots an oriental usage. A conjecture of the name of this king_, Cunedha, _who lived at_ Marlborough. _Of the fountain of the_ Kennet _hard by, taking its name from him. The dimension of_ Silbury-hill, _its solid content. A demonstration of the_ Roman _road made since_ Silbury-hill. _A conjecture concerning the time of year when this prince died. The anniversaries of the ancients at the tombs of the dead. What has been found in other barrows here. Beads of amber, and other matter, as glass, earth, &c. A flat gold ring, spear-heads, a bit of gold. Another demonstration of the_ Roman _road being later than these works. An entire urn which the author dug up. A double circle of stones at_ Winterburn-basset. _Pyriform barrows. Of long barrows or archdruids’. Very large ones here, above 300 foot long. Some set round with stones. Some with great stoneworks at the end._ So many ages as _Abury_ was the great cathedral, the chief metropolitical or patriarchal temple of the island, no wonder there are an infinite number of these barrows about it. Great princes, and men within a considerable tract of country round here, would naturally choose to leave their mortal remains in this sacred ground, more peculiarly under the divine regard. Every hill-top within view of the place is sure to be crowned with them. As at _Stonehenge_, so here, there are great varieties of them, which no doubt, originally, had their distinctions of the quality and profession of the person interr’d. In the additions to Mr. _Camden_’s _Wiltshire_, several sorts of them are mention’d. 1. Small circular trenches, with very little elevation in the middle. These are what I call (for distinction-sake) Druid barrows. An eminent one I have given plate XXII, on the _Hakpen_ hill, overlooking _Kennet_ avenue. [Illustration: TAB. XXI. Prospect of the Temple on Overton Hill. 8 July 1723. _Stukeley d._ _The Hakpen, or head of the Snake, in ruins._] 2. Ordinary barrows, meaning plain round ones, common all over _England_. Some may be _roman_, or _saxon_, or _danish_, as well as _british_.