. British barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England. Mounds -- England; Craniology -- Great Britain; England -- Antiquities. PARISH OF GOODMANHAM. 291 a circular hollow, 3| ft. in diameter, and about 9 in. deep, made in an artificial mound, which had been in existence before the barrow was raised ; the summit of this mound being 3 ft. above the level of the natural surface. In the hollow was the body of a very large adult man, with delicately-made teeth; it had been burned, though not to such an extent but that all the bones and their position could
. British barrows: a record of the examination of sepulchral mounds in various parts of England. Mounds -- England; Craniology -- Great Britain; England -- Antiquities. PARISH OF GOODMANHAM. 291 a circular hollow, 3| ft. in diameter, and about 9 in. deep, made in an artificial mound, which had been in existence before the barrow was raised ; the summit of this mound being 3 ft. above the level of the natural surface. In the hollow was the body of a very large adult man, with delicately-made teeth; it had been burned, though not to such an extent but that all the bones and their position could be recognised without the least difficulty; they were all still in their proper places, having evidently never been moved since the application of fire to the corpse ^. The body was laid on the right side, the head to , and the hands up to the face, in front of which was an urn standing upright. On the bottom of the. Fig. 130. i. hollow, below the bones, was a great quantity of charcoal, and the earth all round the hollow was much reddened by the action of fire. The urn [fig. 130] is of the cinerary type, with an overhanging ^ It will be remembered tbat in the barrow ou Ettou Wold [No. Ixxix] a body was found in a similar condition to this. The same feature has occurred in Derbyshire, where in a baiTow at Dale, near Stanton, Mr. Bateman says there ' lay two skeletons in a line, one at the feet of the other, which presented a mode of sepulture different from any yet found in oiir researches, from having been intentionally subjected to the action of fire upon the spot, in such a manner as to preserve the bones in their natural order, entire and unwarped by the heat. They were surrounded by charcoal and earth, to which a red colour had been imparted by the operation. . All deposits of burnt bones previously found by us have been strictly calcined . . and have generally been gathered into a heap, or placed within an urn; so that here we find an exception to the general rule per
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