. British barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England. Mounds -- England; Craniology -- Great Britain; England -- Antiquities. Fig. 163. Fig. 164. 1. Parish of Kilham, East Riding. Ord. Map. xciv. CCXXXIV. On the farm of Dotterill Park there is a mound which has all the outward appearance of an ordinary long' barrow, though its contents, as will be seen from the following account, scarcely warrant its being so reckoned. I have however thought it best to include it amongst the barrows of that class, though it has nothing beyond its shape in common
. British barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England. Mounds -- England; Craniology -- Great Britain; England -- Antiquities. Fig. 163. Fig. 164. 1. Parish of Kilham, East Riding. Ord. Map. xciv. CCXXXIV. On the farm of Dotterill Park there is a mound which has all the outward appearance of an ordinary long' barrow, though its contents, as will be seen from the following account, scarcely warrant its being so reckoned. I have however thought it best to include it amongst the barrows of that class, though it has nothing beyond its shape in common with those sepulchral mounds, and though it belongs, there can be little doubt, to the same period as the round barrows. It is 170 ft. long, having a direction of by E. and by W., and is 60 ft. wide at the north-east end, and 45 ft. at the opposite one: though much reduced by ploughing, it is still 4 ft. high at the wider end, and 3 ft. at the other extremity. The measurements specified below are taken from the point of inter-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greenwell, William, 1820-1918; Rolleston, George, 1829-1881. Oxford : Clarendon press
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