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Kist-vain, from the Druidical Antiquities plateThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This is an engraving of a kist-tomb.

Kist is an old name for chest or coffin, and vain used also to mean empty or pointless, as, in vain.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: ruins, druids, megaliths, tombs, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2005-08-05

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Cromleh near Dundalk Ireland, from the Druidical Antiquities plate.The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This is an engraving of Proleek Dolmen, part of a megalithic portal tomb, although this should not be taken to imply that there is a burial chamber. The capstone is almost four metres long and over t [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, ruins, tombs, greyscale

Places shown: Dundalk; County Louth; Ireland

Added: 2005-08-05

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Cromleh near Plaisnewdd in AngleseaThe Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

The modern spelling of Plaisnewdd is Plas Newydd; this megalithic burial chamber is near the National Trust site at Bryn Celli Ddu in Anglesey (Ynys Mon). modern picture by hamish This is one item fro [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, megaliths, ruins, greyscale

Places shown: Plas Newydd; Anglesey; Wales

Added: 2005-08-05

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Lanyon Cromleh Cornwall. From the Druidical Antiquities plate.The Antiquities of England and Wales Vol I (1783)

This appears to be an engraving of a dolmen called Lanyon Quoit in Cornwall. The monument was actually destroyed in 1815 by a storm, and was rebuilt incorrectly. This engraving is of the original mon [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: Bosiliack; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-08-05

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21.—Four Tumuli at Barlow Hills, EssexOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

(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, greyscale

Places shown: Bartlow; Essex; England

Added: 2005-07-24

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22.—Galleries at New Grange, Plan and SectionOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

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, greyscale

Places shown: Slane; County Meath; Ireland

Added: 2005-07-24

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36.—Kit’s Coty House near Aylesford, KentOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Kit’s Coty House is a neolithic chambered tomb. It is mentioned in Pepys’ diary, but has suffered damage since this plate was made. “We shall have presently to speak of the singular erection near Maid [...]

Keywords: tombs, druids, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Maidstone; Kent; England

Added: 2005-09-27

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37.—Kit’s Coty House.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Sheep graze by the neolithic burial tomb while two shepherds wait. “The high road from Rochester to Maidstone presents several of those rich and varied prospects which so often in England compensate t [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, tombs, people, sheep, animals, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Maidstone; Kent; England

Added: 2005-10-01

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38.—King’s Coty HouseOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Another picture of King’s Coty’s House; compare Fig. 37. There is also a picture of this in Francis Grose’s Antiquities. “Antiquaries have puzzled themselves about the name of this Kentish monument. [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Maidstone; Kent; England

Added: 2005-10-02

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39.—Trevethy StoneOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

Trevethy Stone, also known as Trethevy Quoit, is a Domen or Cromlech near Liskeard in Cornwall. The Modern Antiquarian has some photographs. “At Plas Newydd, in the Isle of Anglesey, are two cromlechs [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, greyscale

Places shown: Liskeard; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-11-10

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40.—Cromlech at Plas Newydd, AngleseyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

See also Grose’s Antiquities for an older engraving of this neolithic burial tomb. “The Isle of Anglesey, anciently called Mona, was the great stronghold of Druidism, whilst the Romans had still a dis [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Plas Newydd; Anglesey; Wales

Added: 2005-11-11

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41.—Constantine Tolman, CornwallOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

I believe this Tolman was destroyed in 1869, although I found no reference to it at the Constantine Village Web site. “There are remains of the more ancient times of Britain whose uses no antiquarian [...]

Keywords: animals, sheep, megaliths, ruins, tombs, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Constantine; Cornwall; England

Added: 2005-12-04

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42.—Wayland Smith’s CaveOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

In the neighbourhood of Lambourn, in Berkshire, are many barrows, and amongst them is found the cromlech called Wayland Smith. The tradition which Scott has so admirably used in his ‘Kenilworth’ that [...]

Keywords: people, caves, druids, megaliths, tombs, greyscale

Places shown: Wayland’s Smithy Long Barrow; Lambourn; Berkshire; England

Added: 2005-12-09

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43.—Harold’s Stones, Trelech, MonmouthshireOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“It is stated by Rowland, the author of ‘Mona Antiqua,’ that wherever there are heaps of stones of great apparent antiquity, stone pillars are also found near them. This is probably too strong an asse [...]

Keywords: animals, cattle, megaliths, ruins, tombs, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale

Places shown: Telech; Monmouthshire; Wales

Added: 2006-04-26

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Catacombs in AlexandriaPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

“By far the most magnificent portion [of Alexandria] was the Bruchium (granery, or height), bathed by the waters of the Great Harbour, and adjoining the oldest part of the city, namely, the original f [...]

Keywords: death, interiors, caves, catacombs, tombs, spooky, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Alexandria; Egypt

Added: 2006-02-10

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A Tower of SilenceTravels In The Far East (1909)

The circular wall here encloses a place of the dead, where bodies are left to be picked apart by the vultures that we see sitting on the wall and in the tall palm trees in this photograph. The constru [...]

Keywords: tombs, death, birds, trees, palm trees, ancient buildings, walls, cemetaries, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: Bombay; India

Added: 2017-04-22

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528.—Prior Rahere’s Tomb.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

An elaborate gothick tomb in St. Bartholomew’s Priory. The tomb of Rahere is also in the choir, but it is of somewhat later date than the priory. Nothing so exquisitely beautiful in sculpture as that [...]

Keywords: tombs, death, gothic architecture, spooky, greyscale

Places shown: LondonLondon; England

Added: 2013-09-13

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Widow MourningPictureseque Egypt Vol I (1878)

The book describes a train journey from Cairo to Kafr et Zayat station at Tantah. This illustration appears to depict a woman clad in black and wearing a shawl, citing in amidst the ruins of some anc [...]

Keywords: cities, ruins, people, graveyards, tombs, ancient egypt, greyscale

Places shown: Egypt

Added: 2006-02-10

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The Tomb of JonasThe Land and the Book (1894)

The buildings shown here are in or near Ashdod in Israel: Neby Yûnas: the tomb of the prophet Jonah, who was, it is said, swallowed up by a large fish, and washed up at this place. There are several t [...]

Keywords: tombs, building, shores, beaches, waves, water, hills, boats, sailing boats, greyscale

Places shown: Ashod; Israel

Added: 2021-01-11

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1026.—Tomb of the Boy Bishop, SalisburyOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)

“But there is one monument of quite a unique character—to a chorister, or boy-bishop. (Fig. 1026.) It was discovered in the prelacy of Bishop Duppa, under the seats near the pulpit, and is now placed [...]

Keywords: people, tombs, religion, greyscale

Places shown: Salisbury; Wiltshire; England

Added: 2006-06-07

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