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length, and twenty and a half in circumference,, and about 

 two and a half in height. The walls consisted of twelve very 

 large, unhewn stones, which,, however, did not, in most cases, 

 touch one another,, but left intervals which were filled up by 

 smaller stones. The roof was formed by five great blocks, 

 the spaces between them being filled up by smaller ones. 

 The passage^ which was on the east side> was five ells long 

 and one ell broad, and was formed by eleven side stones, and 

 three roof stones. At the place (a) was on each side a smaller 

 stone, which, in conjunction with another on the floor between 

 them,, formed a sort of threshold,, probably indicating the 



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Plan of the Chamber in a Danish Tumulus in Moen. 



place where the door stood. Similar traces of a doorway have 

 been found in other Danish tumuli, and may, perhaps, be taken 

 as evidence that the mounds had been used previously as 

 houses : at the time of the interment, the construction of 

 a door would have been simply purposeless ; the passage 

 leading to it being filled up with rubbish. The chamber was 

 filled up with mould to within half an ell of the roof. About 



