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Grave-mounds and their contents; a manual of archaeology, as exemplified in the burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon periods (1870)

Jewitt, Llewellynn Frederick William, 1816-1886 · London : Groombridge · leaf 117

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manner ornamented. Some of the more usual formsare the following. Fig 86, from a barrow at Monsal Dale, was found alongwith many other interesting relics. It is twelve inches in CELTIC POTTERY—CINERARY URNS. 87 height, and has a deep overlapping border. When found,it was inverted over a deposit of… … Ti.TTr f-SA ill. »SC with a cutting edge, formed from the lower jaw of someanimal. Another excellent example is exhibited in theurn from Ballidon Moor (fig. 87). It is eleven and a halfinches in height, and measured nine inches in diameter atthe mouth. It is ornamented by patterns impressed in…

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