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GRAVES AND THEIR CONTENT*. 



and the outer stone wall bark has been placed, the seams 

 between the timber being filled with pitch. Above the burial- 

 ch; i m her, which was sometimes below the level of the ground, 

 a mound or cairn was often raised. 



The objects found in these graves have not been destroyed, 

 and the weapons, which are few, have not been made useless. 



In the graves containing skeletons are found costly silver 







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Fig. 529. Burial Chamber, Norrevingstrup, near Hjorring, Jutland. 

 Inside measurement height, 4 feet ; length, 5J feet ; breadth, 3 feet. 



and glass cups, pottery, wooden pails with metal mountings, 

 drinking-horns or their fragments ; gold, silver, bronze, or 

 silver-gilt jewelry; great masses of glass, amber, gold and 

 mosaic beads ; metal mirrors (these are scarce), bone combs, 

 riding and driving harness, &c. The damaged weapons are 

 often richly ornamented, and of exquisite workmanship. 



A remarkable fact is the number of unmistakable Roman 



