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Rough stone monuments and their builders (1912)

Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric), 1882-1934 · London, New York : Harper & brothers · leaf 74

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er-slabs or a rectangular chamber with a 52 SCANDINAVIA long corridor and a circular mound. Finally wereach a type where thin slabs are used in theconstruction, and the mound completely coversthe cap-stones : here the corridor leads out fromone of the short ends of the rectangular chamber.The… … Fig. 9. Corridor-tomb, Ottagarden, Sweden.(Montelius, Orient und Eitropa.) The corridor-tomb is also frequent in Denmarkand Sweden, though it is unknown in Norway.In Sweden it is, like all megalithic monuments,confined to the south of the country. Of the earlytransition type with elementary…

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