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

CHAPTER II.

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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 Barrow--Elliptical Barrow at Swinscoe--Burial in contracted position--In sitting and kneeling positions--Double Interments 6