Grave-mounds and Their Contents A Manual of Archæology, as Exemplified in the Burials of the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon Periods

Buckets, so called, and very appropriately, from their close resemblance in form to our modern vessels bearing that name, are occasionally found in Anglo-Saxon graves. They are...

The arms of the Anglo-Saxons, so far as is known from the contents of their graves, consisted of swords, spears, knives, shields, daggers, etc., and occasionally with the men, b...

Ancient British, or Celtic, Period--General characteristics of the Barrows--Modes of construction--Interments by inhumation and by cremation--Positions of the body--Hitter Hill...

Ancient British or Celtic Period--Sepulchral Chambers of stone--Cromlechs--Chambered Tumuli--New Grange and Dowth--The Channel Islands--Wieland Smith’s Cave, and others--Stone C...

The grave-mounds and burial-places of the Romano-British period are, naturally, in many districts, far more abundant than those of the preceding period, while, in others again,...

When the interment has been by CREMATION, the remains of the burnt bones, etc., have been collected together and placed either in a small heap, or enclosed in a skin or cloth, o...

The pottery of the Romano-British period, so far as relates to what is found in the grave-mounds of that people, consists, in the main, of cinerary urns, jugs (so called), pater...

Anglo-Saxon Period--Distribution of Anglo-Saxon Population over England--General characteristics of Grave-mounds--Modes of Burial--Poem of Beowulf--Interments by Cremation and b...

Having spoken of the principles of construction of the grave-mounds of the Celtic period, and described the various modes of interment which they exhibit, I now proceed to speak...

The object of the following work is, I apprehend, so obvious as to render an introduction scarcely needful. It may be well, however, to remark, that it is the only work of its k...

The pottery of the Anglo-Saxon period, so far as examples have come down to us, are almost, if not entirely, confined to sepulchral urns. We know, from the illuminated MSS. of t...

The implements of stone found in the Celtic grave-mounds, or in their immediate neighbourhood, consist of celts[28] or adzes, hammer-heads or axe-heads, mauls, etc., etc. They a...

The fibulæ of the Anglo-Saxon period are the most remarkable, perhaps, of any of the products of the grave-mounds of that people. They are of extreme interest, not merely from t...

In the preceding chapters I have purposely avoided including vessels of Samian ware. As these are frequently found with sepulchral deposits, I now proceed to speak of this pecul...

Of ARMS but few examples are found in grave-mounds, although more abundant in the neighbourhood of Roman stations and towns. They consist of swords, daggers, spear-heads, and ot...

To the grave-mounds of the early inhabitants of our island, more than to any other source, we are indebted for our knowledge of their arts, their habits, and their occupations....

The glass vessels found in the grave-mounds of the Anglo-Saxon period are principally drinking-cups of different forms, and decanter-shaped vessels, which are closely analogous...

Anglo-Saxon Period--Distribution of Anglo-Saxon Population over England--General characteristics of Grave-mounds--Modes of Burial--Poem of Beowulf--Interments by cremation and b...

Ancient British or Celtic Period--General characteristics of the Barrows--Modes of construction--Interments by inhumation and by cremation--Positions of the Body--Hitter Hill Ba...

Ancient British or Celtic Period--Sepulchral Chambers of Stone--Cromlechs--Chambered Tumuli--New Grange and Dowth--The Channel Islands--Wieland Smith’s Cave, and others--Stone C...