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different customs, and perhaps not living at the same period. 

 There is only one cromlech in Brittany which bears a striking 

 resemblance to the Danish tombs : — viz., near Kerbistoret, between 

 Kouregan and Penher, but the author seems to imply that it is a 

 subsequent erection, and that the mound may possibly contain the 

 original stone chamber. "Un tumulus sur leqiiel s'elece un Dolmen 

 presque detruit, dont les debris ont roules sur les flancs et jusqu'^ 

 la base de la butte Celtique. Ce serait une fouille bien interessante, 

 celle qui nous dirait si cette butte, surmontee d'un monument 

 fun^raire, couvre ou non des cendres humaines renfermees dans un 

 autre monument funeraire." [A tumulus upon which rises a 

 Dolmen, nearly demolished, some of whose stones have rolled down 

 the sides even to the very base of the mound. It would be a very 

 interesting search that would discover whether this tumulus sur- 

 mounted by a sepulchral monument, contains human remains 

 enclosed in another sepulchral monument.] " Guide des Touristes, 

 &c., dans le Morbihan, &c.," p. 117. Mr. Bateman, in his "Ten 

 Years Diggings," p. 18, gives an account of the discovery of a stone 

 chamber or cist near the top of a large barrow on Middleton Moor, 

 called Gib Hill, near Arbor-low, but this is clearly a late erection. 

 Originally there were four small barrows, and on these four mounds 

 was raised a large barrow in which the cist, which he calls a 

 miniature cromlech was placed. 



This difference is still further observable when Mr. Worsaae 

 proceeds to describe the chamber. The Danish stone chambers, 

 he says, are only partially covered with earth, " a great number of 

 these chambers have been opened and explored, probably in most 

 cases by persons who hoped to find great treasure in them. They 

 are therefore frequently found quite exposed, although originally 

 they were no doubt covered with earth, yet only in such a manner as to 

 leave a portion of the stones which formed the roof visible," (p. 81.) 

 I cannot say that to my mind there is conclusive evidence of this. 

 Supposing that the chambers were erected on the top of mounds, 

 there is no good evidence to show that they were originally only 

 partially concealed. Such an appearance might be the result of 

 the denuding action of the elements, as well as of man's rude touch. 



