. The Archaeological journal . erb stone coffin or cist, formed offlat slabs of the schist rock, deposited first on the surface of the commonin regular rows placed east and west, then covered with sand as theywere deposited, then another and another layer of coffins placed uponthem luitil they formed a mound of 30 ft. in height, forming a largeconical moimd, at last crowned (perhaps in the sixth century) by achapel dedicated to St, Fraid or Bridget. Now that the sea and depredations of man have entirely demolishedthe mounds, we have been enabled to correct a ])revious wi-ong impres-sion that t
. The Archaeological journal . erb stone coffin or cist, formed offlat slabs of the schist rock, deposited first on the surface of the commonin regular rows placed east and west, then covered with sand as theywere deposited, then another and another layer of coffins placed uponthem luitil they formed a mound of 30 ft. in height, forming a largeconical moimd, at last crowned (perhaps in the sixth century) by achapel dedicated to St, Fraid or Bridget. Now that the sea and depredations of man have entirely demolishedthe mounds, we have been enabled to correct a ])revious wi-ong impres-sion that the graves radiated to the centre. They are found to havebeen all placed the same way, the heads to the west paiallel to eachother. It may be mentioned that subsequent excavations have been made, theresults of which will be given. Ml, J. T. MicKLETHWAiTE, , read Notes on the Abbey Build-ings of Westminster, which had been prepared in consequence of recentdiscoveries there, and which had been illustrated by drawings by Sir.
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