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THE STONE AGE. 



forms of graves occur. Most of them were in or on the top of 

 a mound, which almost always had the roof, and in most cases 



Pig. 4. One of thr^e oblong cromlechs, distance between ench about 120 feet, length 

 52 feet, and width 20 feet, position north :md south, Lille Rorbcek, Zeeland. The 

 central one had two stone-built chambers, both with the entrance from the east. 

 The southern burial chamler is now destroyed, while the northern is completely 

 preserved. It is 5i feet long, and I) feet wide, and has four walls of stone, three 

 of which support a stone roof. 



part of the wall, uncovered. The mound, which is generally 

 round, sometimes oblong, is surrounded at its base by stones 



Fig. 5. Sepulchral chamber covered with a mound, Kallundborg, Zeeland ; height 

 about 16 feet. In levelling the mound the earth was found to contain articles 

 which tend to show the existence of a " kj6kkenmb'dding." 



often very large ; when this was oblong, the grave was nearer 

 the one end than the other. 



* rallery or passage graves consisted of a chamber and a 



