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Page 32
... building purposes ; but mainly , I suspect , because the greater part of them
belongs either to the ruder period of a stone age , or to the Kymric or Romano -
British times , when treasure and ornaments were less frequently deposited with
the ...
... building purposes ; but mainly , I suspect , because the greater part of them
belongs either to the ruder period of a stone age , or to the Kymric or Romano -
British times , when treasure and ornaments were less frequently deposited with
the ...
Page 33
This lay at a distance of about two hundred yards from the others , on the south -
western brow of the It proved to be a pile of stones and rubble raised on a base of
natural rock , and enclosed by a ring of twenty stones set on edge , and fitted ...
This lay at a distance of about two hundred yards from the others , on the south -
western brow of the It proved to be a pile of stones and rubble raised on a base of
natural rock , and enclosed by a ring of twenty stones set on edge , and fitted ...
Page 35
trench , and having cleared away the earth and rubble from the middle of the
barrow , we soon came to a flat stone about three feet square . Although every
precaution was taken in opening this barrow , the miner in raising this stone ,
finding it ...
trench , and having cleared away the earth and rubble from the middle of the
barrow , we soon came to a flat stone about three feet square . Although every
precaution was taken in opening this barrow , the miner in raising this stone ,
finding it ...
Page 36
Quantities of ashes , burnt stones , and charred wood , were scattered throughout
the mound . Several pebbles were also found ; and chippings of flint are not
uncommonly picked up on the adjacent commons , although none were found in
the ...
Quantities of ashes , burnt stones , and charred wood , were scattered throughout
the mound . Several pebbles were also found ; and chippings of flint are not
uncommonly picked up on the adjacent commons , although none were found in
the ...
Page 37
The number of stones encircling it was originally sixteen , although several have
been recently removed . ... Morvah Hill , I directed a trench to be sunk in that
direction , and presently came to a flat stone , three feet in length by two in
breadth .
The number of stones encircling it was originally sixteen , although several have
been recently removed . ... Morvah Hill , I directed a trench to be sunk in that
direction , and presently came to a flat stone , three feet in length by two in
breadth .
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