The Excavation of Hob's Barrow

Antiquarian Thomasina Bateman is writing a book about British tombs, documenting the treasures she has found there. When an interesting letter beckons her to Bewlay, a small village tucked away in the remote countryside, she and her assistant set off by train a day later.
However, when she arrives, the mysterious man who summoned her is nowhere to be found. Her assistant never comes. A stubborn landowner refuses to enter a wheelbarrow, and locals are wary of this woman traveling alone (gasp!).
Hobbaro's excavation was beset with difficulties from the start. Then Thomasina started having weird dreams...