Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1868 |
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Page 223
... cist formed of stones set edgeways . This unfortunately crumbled to pieces , a few fragments only being preserved , of which the largest is here figured , shewing the unusually elaborate ornament within the hollow lip of the vessel ...
... cist formed of stones set edgeways . This unfortunately crumbled to pieces , a few fragments only being preserved , of which the largest is here figured , shewing the unusually elaborate ornament within the hollow lip of the vessel ...
Page 224
... cist , the bottom of the inverted urn had been broken off , and the aperture closed by the flat stone which first led to the discovery . It may seem more probable , however , that the vessel had been placed entire , with the mouth ...
... cist , the bottom of the inverted urn had been broken off , and the aperture closed by the flat stone which first led to the discovery . It may seem more probable , however , that the vessel had been placed entire , with the mouth ...
Page 226
... cist . The larger urn had become quite decayed , and had crumbled into black dust . Within it had been placed a small vessel of more diminutive size than the little , highly ornamented urn in the other interment . It is quite plain ...
... cist . The larger urn had become quite decayed , and had crumbled into black dust . Within it had been placed a small vessel of more diminutive size than the little , highly ornamented urn in the other interment . It is quite plain ...
Page 227
... cist . Dry sand appeared cover- ing its floor . There were some traces of fire and ashes ; and it was even supposed that this cist might have served as an ustrinum , in which the corpses might have been burned . Careful examination of ...
... cist . Dry sand appeared cover- ing its floor . There were some traces of fire and ashes ; and it was even supposed that this cist might have served as an ustrinum , in which the corpses might have been burned . Careful examination of ...
Page 232
... cist were found a large urn of rude fashion filled with fragments of adult human bones , and within it a little vessel , the most elaborate in workmanship hitherto brought to light in the British Isles , enclosing the burned bones of an ...
... cist were found a large urn of rude fashion filled with fragments of adult human bones , and within it a little vessel , the most elaborate in workmanship hitherto brought to light in the British Isles , enclosing the burned bones of an ...
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Abbas Abbatem Abbati et Conventui abbot acras ancient Anglesey anno anno domini antiquary appears apud Arch Archæological Asaph Bangor barrow Beaumaris Berw Bishop bones British bronze Caersws Camb carn Castle celts centimetres chamber charter church circle circular cist Conventus cromlech D'ni daughter David deposit diameter dicti Domini Earl ecclesie Edward ejusdem eorum Ep'i Ep'o Ep'um Ep'us feet flint fragments Glamorgan Griffith Haverfordwest Henry Hereford Herefordshire Holyhead Holyhead Mountain Hugh ibidem inches inter Johannes Landavensis lands late Llandaff Llanelwy Llewelyn Lord manor Margan married monachis mound Museum noticed omnibus ornament Owen Holland parish Pembrokeshire pottery predicta predicti present probably quæ quam quod relics remains remarkable Richard Robert Roman sepulchral side Sir John stones Tenby terra terre Thomas Holland tion Trefeglwys tumulus tunc Ty Mawr usque vessels Wales walls Welsh William Wrexham Wynne