Items matching burial mounds

24.—Contents of Ancient British Barrows

The plate also has the following text: “1, 2. Flint Arrow-Heads. 3,4. Celts [Note: Webster (1913) gives Celt, n. LL. celts a chisel. (Archaeol.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the t [...]

Keywords: weapons, druids, burial mounds, backgrounds, wallpaper

Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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17.—Sarum Plain

In the foreground a barefoot shepherd with crook and straw hat, probably a boy, accompanied by his sheep, who graze on grassy burial mounds perhaps of ancient kings. In the far background, over Salisu [...]

Keywords: bare feet, people, sheep, stonehenge, megaliths, druids, ruins, views, burial mounds

Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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18.—Various Barrows

The text reads: “a. Long barrow. b, c. Druid Barrows. d. Bell-shaped Barrow. e. Conical Barrow. f. Twin Barrow.”

A stone circle (probably meant to be Stonehenge) is visible in the distance.

Keywords: stonehenge, megaliths, druids, views, burial mounds, stone circles

Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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20.—Varieties of Druid Barrow

The caption (retained in the image) reads as follows:

4, 10, 11. Varieties of Druid Barrow. 5. Another variety. 7. Twin-barrow. 12. Tumulus called Mil-barrow, Wilts. 14. Tumulus, New Grange, Drogheda.

Keywords: druids, stonehenge, megaliths, ruins, burial mounds, diagrams, views, stone circles

Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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21.—Four Tumuli at Barlow Hills, Essex

(17) Four tumuli at Barlow Hills, Essex; (18) Gallery of the largest. Presumably the plate was made for another publication, since this is marked as figure 21 and not 17 or 18. This is said to be the [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, diagrams, burial mounds, tombs

Places shown: Bartlow; Essex; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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22.—Galleries at New Grange, Plan and Section

New Grange (Newgrange) is the oldest known Irish passage tomb; it could be over five thousand years old. There is also a stone circle here.

Modern Pictures of New Grange

Keywords: ruins, diagrams, tombs, burial mounds, megaliths

Places shown: Slane; County Meath; Ireland

Added: 2005-12-20

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19.—Various Barrows

The text reads as follows:

1. Long barrow. 2. Bowl-barrow.. 3. Bell-barrow. 6. Variety of Druit barrow. 8. Cone-barrow. 9. Broad-barrow. 13. Silbury Hill.

Keywords: stonehenge, megaliths, ruins, burial mounds, views, druids, diagrams

Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2005-12-20

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