On cemetery burial, or sepulture, ancient and modern / by George Milner.

  • Milner, George.
Date:
1846
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: On cemetery burial, or sepulture, ancient and modern / by George Milner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    their progress was arrested, by striking their im- plements against some earthen vessels, which they had hopes might have contained some hidden treasure ; several of these were speedily reduced to fragments, against a neighbouring wall; when, to the no small disappointment of these ruthless beings, nothing presented itself, save the dis- honours of the grave—dust, and mouldy bones. Urns to the amount of fifteen or sixteen were taken out in a tolerable state of preservation ; but about three or four times that number were broken and destroyed in digging; and many, I have no doubt, are still remaining in the ground. Mr. Norton very politely gave me every infor- mation in his power, and afterwards wrote me to this effectNewark, 24th October, 1837 : Sir—Since you were here, I have sunk a saw- pit, about twenty-four feet long, four feet wide, and six feet deep : in digging out the earth and gravel, we found many urns ; they appear to have been placed in regular order, so much so, that before we had finished the work, we could guess, within a few inches, where we should find them. The urns were found in about this situa- tion— 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 £