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monument. It possesses the great central chamber, 
originally approached by the declivity on the eastern side 
(fig. 9). The stones, now disposed irregularly round the 
central chamber, evidently formed a supporting wall or 
mastaba for the mound — long since removed. At the 
eastern end, it is evident from the disposition of the out- 
lying stones (fig. 9) that the retaining wall on each side of 
the approach or entrance was carried forwards to enclose a 
chamber — similar to the chapel of the Egyptian tombs. 
In the monument, then, we have evidence that the 
Coldrum people participated in the beliefs which swayed 
Fig. 9.— On the left, a ground-plan of a "giant's tomb," Sardinia. On the right, 
a sketch-plan of the Coldrum monument, showing points of resemblance 
to the " giant's tomb." 
the people of Western and Southern Europe in the 
Neolithic period. The Megalithic monuments represent 
the mosques, the churches the chapels of the Neolithic 
age — concrete expressions of inward beliefs. 
I have selected Coldrum as a starting-point for a 
survey of ancient man because it provides us with a 
series of facts which show us that in the essentials 
of life and of bodily form the Englishman of the 
Neolithic period — of four thousand years ago — was not 
materially different from his modern successors. We 
have changed the form of our beliefs, we have trans- 
formed our clothes and our homes and revolutionised 
