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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 64

An illustration from 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, leaf 64 — GRAVE-MOUNDS AND THEIR CONTENTS. urn. A circle of large rough stones was laid on the surfaceof the ground, marking the extent of the proposed mound.Within this the interments, whether in an urn or not, wereplaced, and the mound was then raised of stones to the re-quired height, and afterwards… … sepulchral urns is here given (fig. 22) from one of the cists inRoily-Low, near Wardlow. I have chosen it because, whenfound by Mr. Bateman, it had received a considerable frac-ture on one side, and thus showed the burnt bones which itcontained, through the aperture. The urn was about six-teen…

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