Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1869 |
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... stone age , or to the Kym- ric or Romano - British times , when treasure and orna- ments were less frequently deposited with the dead , and when a brass coin was quite sufficient to satisfy the most exorbitant demands of the ferryman ...
... stone age , or to the Kym- ric or Romano - British times , when treasure and orna- ments were less frequently deposited with the dead , and when a brass coin was quite sufficient to satisfy the most exorbitant demands of the ferryman ...
Page 33
... stones and rubble raised on a base of natural rock , and enclosed by a ring of twenty stones set on edge , and fitted together with more than ordinary care and precision . The diameter of the barrow , which is nearly a perfect circle ...
... stones and rubble raised on a base of natural rock , and enclosed by a ring of twenty stones set on edge , and fitted together with more than ordinary care and precision . The diameter of the barrow , which is nearly a perfect circle ...
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... small cavity was observed in the upper end of the stone , from which a narrow trench or gully could be traced down the surface . Following this trench , and having cleared away the earth and rubble. 34 BARROWS IN CORNWALL . Α ...
... small cavity was observed in the upper end of the stone , from which a narrow trench or gully could be traced down the surface . Following this trench , and having cleared away the earth and rubble. 34 BARROWS IN CORNWALL . Α ...
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... stone , finding it very heavy , and in order to get a better purchase for his hands , suddenly stepped into the pit ... stones set on edge . The breakage of the urn was , however , in some degree com- pensated for by the discovery among ...
... stone , finding it very heavy , and in order to get a better purchase for his hands , suddenly stepped into the pit ... stones set on edge . The breakage of the urn was , however , in some degree com- pensated for by the discovery among ...
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... stone , three feet in length by two in breadth . When this was removed , the rim of an urn could be seen above the black earth which filled a small kist - vean , one foot long , one foot four inches broad , and eighteen inches deep ...
... stone , three feet in length by two in breadth . When this was removed , the rim of an urn could be seen above the black earth which filled a small kist - vean , one foot long , one foot four inches broad , and eighteen inches deep ...
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