104 DESCRIPTION OF A 



where a large number of objects have been found together ; 

 for instance, I have 'in my collection a group of stone imple- 

 ments, consisting of fourteen beautifully made axes, wedges, 

 chisels, spear-heads, etc., and more than sixty capital flakes, 

 which were all found together, in one of the large Danish 

 sepulchral chambers on the Island of Moen,* and have been 

 described by M. Boye. The tumulus had a circumference of 

 one hundred and forty 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. Unfortunately, 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 Low> and 

 the first thing which he came to was a jar,, which he un- 

 fortunately broke. It contained 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 several objects of bronze, 

 namely, a knife, four inches in length, part of a small sym- 

 bolical sword, and two fragments of an awl. It is evident 

 that these three interments belonged to the Bronze age, 

 and also that they were secondary, that is to say, that they 

 belonged to a later date than the original sepulchral chamber, 

 over which the tumulus had been made. 



The sepulchral chamber itself (fig. 101), lay north and 

 south, was of an oval form, about eight and a half ells in 



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



