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 VII.

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Romano-British Period--General Characteristics--Modes of Burial--Customs attendant on Burial--Interments by cremation and by inhumation--Barrows--Tombs of Stone--Lead Coffins--Clay and Tile Coffins--Sepulchral Inscriptions, etc. 134