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Jin Jlnal|)0is of 

 Celtic Cumuli 0f 0r0t," by 

 Chark* 



By Dr. WAKE SMART. 

 1886. 



the following pages I purpose giving an analysis 

 of the contents of 160 of the Tumuli described 

 in Mr. Warne's work, "The Celtic Tumuli of 

 Dorset," to shew the predominance of the practice 

 of cremation over that of inhumation ; and it has 

 occurred to me, that in calculating the relative 

 details, it would be most effectually carried out by dividing the 

 County into three districts, North, Central, and South, for the 

 purpose of comparison. 



The South District will comprise all that part which lies between 

 the coast and the river Frome ; the Central, that part which extends 

 between the Frome and the Stour; the North, that which lies 

 between the Stour and that grand Keltic Earthwork, Bockley 

 Dyke, which is the boundary between the Counties of Dorset and 

 Wilts. 



This arbitrary division will be seen to be of use in determining 

 the results which this enquiry embraces. 



