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Page 82
... tumulus . The weight of the stones doubled it nearly flat ; but some buman bones were found in it , which seems to show that it was interred upon the body of its owner ; and some perforations indicate that it was fastened on to his ...
... tumulus . The weight of the stones doubled it nearly flat ; but some buman bones were found in it , which seems to show that it was interred upon the body of its owner ; and some perforations indicate that it was fastened on to his ...
Page 176
... tumulus seems to have been accomplished by the erection of a lime kiln on the spot . Another of these remarkable ceme- teries is extant at Littleton , in the parish of Wellow , which was explored in 1807 by Sir R. C. Hoare . The mound ...
... tumulus seems to have been accomplished by the erection of a lime kiln on the spot . Another of these remarkable ceme- teries is extant at Littleton , in the parish of Wellow , which was explored in 1807 by Sir R. C. Hoare . The mound ...
Page 177
... tumuli contain any articles of wrought metal which indicate the mode of ma- nufacturing them ( p . 126 ) . He adds , in another place , that the Romans adopted the custom of placing altars of memorial over their dead , as nume- rous ...
... tumuli contain any articles of wrought metal which indicate the mode of ma- nufacturing them ( p . 126 ) . He adds , in another place , that the Romans adopted the custom of placing altars of memorial over their dead , as nume- rous ...
Page 365
... Tumuli with which the hills on the coast of Dorset ( particularly in the vicinity of Wey- mouth ) are covered , and where the researches were carried on . rations were first commenced on the The ope- Upway Downs , where a small barrow ...
... Tumuli with which the hills on the coast of Dorset ( particularly in the vicinity of Wey- mouth ) are covered , and where the researches were carried on . rations were first commenced on the The ope- Upway Downs , where a small barrow ...
Page 366
... tumulus ( a very small one ) being placed in the centre ; on removing the surface , frag- ments of the same description of pot- tery , with bones , were seen ; under a flat stone , about three feet from the surface ( the tumulus itself ...
... tumulus ( a very small one ) being placed in the centre ; on removing the surface , frag- ments of the same description of pot- tery , with bones , were seen ; under a flat stone , about three feet from the surface ( the tumulus itself ...
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