# Byways in British Archaeology

Author: Johnson, Walter, 1867-

Genre: Category: History - British

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57846

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Byways+in+British+Archaeology+Johnson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Many years ago, the commanding position which the village church frequently occupies forced itself upon the attention of the writer. As will be shown hereafter, the builders, for some cogent reason, which may yet be determined, chose a spot having considerable natural advantages with respect to strength and security, and there they erected their temple. These geographical observations would not alone have been sufficient to evoke a general theory, had not other facts gradually come into view. One of these facts was the frequent association of the church with earthworks, tumuli, and similar relics of antiquity, and it was this conjunction which raised the inquiry whether the relative posit...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter IX., on this side the churchyard yew is most generally found.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/byways-in-british-archaeology-57846/chapters/8/index.md)