Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 231
to believe that the passage ever extendedfurther, but the ornamented threshold, and the carved string-course above, and other indications, seem to point out that thetumulus had what may be called an architectural facade at thisdepth. One mode of accounting for this would be to assume thatthe… … 65. Ornament at New Grange. From a rubbing. thick was added by bis successors, forming- the broad platformat the top, and effectually closing and hiding the entrance to the sepulchre. If thiswere so, we mayeasily fancy thatmany of his family,or of his followers,were buried in thisenvelope,…
Megalithic monuments
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