Archaeologia cantiana . robably a secondaryinterment, without any trace of pottery or other re-mains. To the eastward of this spot, after removinga heap of flint stones, and passing through a layer ofbrick earth, we came upon loose chalk, and below thisrubble the primary interments were discovered, allbeing rather to the east of the centre of the throughout the mound, bones and teeth of ahorse occurred, suggestive of the custom of sacrificinghorses at the funeral pyre, mentioned by Tacitus,*and practised by the Indians in recent times. The accompanying section of the barrow wi
Archaeologia cantiana . robably a secondaryinterment, without any trace of pottery or other re-mains. To the eastward of this spot, after removinga heap of flint stones, and passing through a layer ofbrick earth, we came upon loose chalk, and below thisrubble the primary interments were discovered, allbeing rather to the east of the centre of the throughout the mound, bones and teeth of ahorse occurred, suggestive of the custom of sacrificinghorses at the funeral pyre, mentioned by Tacitus,*and practised by the Indians in recent times. The accompanying section of the barrow will bestexplain the method of its construction, and the plan * Quorundam igni et equus adjicitur. Tacitus, De Morib. Germ,cap. xxvii. 22 ON CELTIC TUMULI IN EAST KENT. bolow shews the ivhitivc position of the cists had heen dug in the natural chalk toa depth of al)0ut eighteen inches, and in these cavi-ties had been placed four inverted urns, coveringdeposits of calcined hones, great care having heen. SECTION Ol CENTKAL PORTION OF WEST TUMULIS.
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