Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 115
chs, were reproductions in stone of the closed bedsof the men of the polished-stone age, but it is pro-bable. The great family dolmens were cemeterialbig Beds of Ware to accommodate a number, and thesmall kistvaens were single beds for old bachelors.Some of the largest dolmens contain as many as… … Fii;. 74.—DOLJIEN, GABAUDET, NEAR GRAJIAT. DEI. DE LOT. It has been supposed that the cromlechs, or dol-mens, and the kistvaens, represent the ancient dwell-ings of the neolithic men. I do not think so. The BEDS. 105 position of the bodies shows that they were intended,not as dwellings, but as…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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