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)
he cross wall and the upright stones,as shown in the engraving. It appeared as though thebones had originally been deposited near the surface, asthey were now found in the interstices betwixt the stones,from near the top to the bottom. This mound was formedof large stones, like the other parts,… … Middleton. This cist contained the skeleton of a woman,lying on her left side, in a partially contracted position.Above her lay the remains of an infant, and about her neckwere the beads of a remarkably fine necklace of jet. Another good example of a stone cist is the next (fig. 42 GRAVE-MOUNDS AND…
Mounds · Megalithic monuments
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