Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 70
he rest of them. In the earlier days when a feeling forthe seclusion of the tomb was strong, burying them in the recessesof a tumulus may have been the universal practice, but whenmen learned to move such masses as they afterwards did, and topoise them so delicately in the air, they may well have… … 1. Dolmen in Castle Wellan, Ireland. From a drawing by Sir Henry James. ever formed a chamber in barrow, or that any Irish farmerwould ever have made such a level sweep of its envelope if itever had one ? So in fact it is with almost all we know. Whena dolmen was intended to be buried in a tumulus…
Megalithic monuments
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