TO WHICH A TUMULUS BELONGS. 



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by M. Boye.* The tumulus had a circumference of 140 ells, 

 and a height of about eight ells. It is probable that it had 

 been surrounded by a circle of stones, for M. Jensen, the 

 owner, remembered that, many years before, the northern 

 side had been surrounded by a row of stones standing close 

 together. None of them, however, at present remain. Un- 

 fortunately M. Boye was not present when they began to 

 remove the tumulus ; still he thinks that the account given 

 to him may be relied on with safety. M. Jensen began to 

 dig on the east side of the tumulus, and the first thing which 

 he came to was a jar, which he unfortunately broke. It con- 

 tained burnt bones and a bronze pin, the head of which was 

 ornamented with concentric lines. Towards the S.S.E. was 

 found a cist, about an ell long, and formed of flat stones. In 

 it were burnt bones, a bent knife, and a pair of pincers two 

 inches in length ; both these objects were of bronze. Not far 

 from this cist was another urn, containing burnt bones, with 



FIG. 143. 



Plan of the Chamber in a Danish Tumulus in Moen. 

 * Annaler for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie, 1858, p. 202. 



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