6 
Like most of the ancient faiths, their religion seems to have 
contained the belief in a future state, in which the requisites 
of this life, such as food, etc., 1 would be needed in the next, 
even to the extent of requiring cattle. 
These “ Danes’ Graves” closely resemble in many ways the 
group of about 200 2 small barrows which once existed at 
Arras, near Market Weighton, and in which the remains of 
three chariots were found. They also resemble the group of 
not less than 170 small mounds in Scorborough Park, near 
Beverley. 3 Six small mounds of the Scorborough group were 
opened by the writer in 1895,' 4 and though no instrument or 
ornament was found, portions of two skulls were obtained from 
the almost totally decayed bodies found in this group of 
barrows. These skulls are of a decidedly long type, clearly 
indicating their racial kinship with the people who buried at 
the “ Danes’ Graves” and in the Arras group of barrows, all 
of which are markedly dolichocephalic. The 15 measurable 
crania I have obtained from the recent excavations give an 
average breadth index of about ’735, which is nearly the same 
as the average breadth index of those previously obtained and 
measured from Danes’ Graves.” 5 
The large number of mounds in each of the three groups 
show that each community had occupied the neighbourhood 
for a considerable time, and probably the settlements date 
from about the same period. 
As I have expressed in a previous paper, 6 it is reasonable to 
hope that some future explorer may also find remains of the 
chariot in the Scorborough mounds. 
The strongly-marked type of long head in the three afore¬ 
named groups of barrows must be due to one of two causes. 
1 The Rev. Canon Greenwell found 4 goats accompanying a body, in one of 
these Danes’ Graves.—See the Archaeological Journal, Vol. xxii , page 264. 
- See Oliver's History of Beverley, foot note, page 4. 
3 The Journal of the Archaeological Institute, vol. xv\, page 151, gives an 
account of a group of 120 small mounds, mainly in rows, in the midst of which 
are three ordinary tumuli. They are described as being about 6 feet in diameter 
and 1 foot high, and varying from 3 to 4 or 5 paces apart. This group is 
situated at the northern extremity of Holm Heath, Dorsetshire. 
4 See the Journal of the E. R. Antiquarian Society, vol. iii. 
5 See the writer's previous paper ; also the Archaeological Journal, vol. xxii., 
page 264. 
6 The Journal of the East Riding Antiquarian Society, vol. iii. 
