A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Fio. 27.—Section of barrow, Bamtorough, Northumberland (cxcvii).. Fie. 28.—Section of barrow. Ford, Northumberland (clxxxvii). and, on the other hand, barrows were sometimes met with inwhich no human remains could be discovered. In such cases itwas argued, with great probability, that an unburnt intermenthad taken place and that owing to unfavourable conditions thebones had completely decayed ; for examj)le, in sandy soil it isvery rare to find any traces of buried bones even of much morerecent
A guide to the antiquities of the bronze age in the Department of British and mediæval antiquities . Fio. 27.—Section of barrow, Bamtorough, Northumberland (cxcvii).. Fie. 28.—Section of barrow. Ford, Northumberland (clxxxvii). and, on the other hand, barrows were sometimes met with inwhich no human remains could be discovered. In such cases itwas argued, with great probability, that an unburnt intermenthad taken place and that owing to unfavourable conditions thebones had completely decayed ; for examj)le, in sandy soil it isvery rare to find any traces of buried bones even of much morerecent date than the Bronze age, whereas burnt bones are practic-ally indestructible. Some barrows have indeed been regarded ascenotaphs, or monuments raised to commemorate, but not tocontain, the dead who were buried elsewhere. It is, however,probable that in some cases the skeleton, if not altogether decayed,has been overlooked by the explorer, especially as the principalinterment is occasionally at some distance from the centre owingto the irregular construction of the mound. 56 DESCRIPTION OF CASES 21-30 Besides the potsherds and flint chippings already mentio
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