Strange survivals : some chapters in the history of man (1892)
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924 · London : Methuen & Co. · leaf 271
s or egress for the spiritof the dead; that, in fact, it had the same purpose asthe hole in the dolmen and the rupture of continuityin the circle. Of a number of the smaller sized urns or vesselsfound in the barrows of Salisbury Plain, a very largeproportion are pierced on one side with two… … 26o STRANGE SURVIVALS. to discuss their signification. The holes could nothave existed for suspension, and he adopts Sir C. ColtHoares supposition that the perforated urns wereincense vessels. But calcinedbones have been found in some,and others probably served ascaps to the cinerary urns. Al-most…
Manners and customs · Superstition
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