Callis Wold
The Bronze Age round mounds on Callis Wold ( heather ) near Malton in the East Riding of Yorkshire were excavated between 1860 and 1905 by John Robert Mortimer (1825-1911) and in 1976 by David Coombs. Mounds of this type are represented in north-east England with around 40 specimens. The group in the Callis Wold still consists of three plants, the other 15 have been completely destroyed.
In one of the burial mounds there were concentric rings made of wooden piles, with diameters of 6.5 and 8.5 m, and with a surrounding foundation trench 30 cm wide for a wooden facade. The burials found within a straight zone indicate that the originally wooden burial chamber was identical to those found under long mounds such as the Long Cairn of Street House . Chambers defined by pits or posts are round Cairns more widespread (Pitnacree, in Perthshire and Aldwincle, in Northamptonshire ). The grave finds next to the skeleton in the stool position consisted of vessels for food and a large stone ax . The finds from the other hills, in which cremations and corpse burials occurred, contained several vessels, as well as collar urns , a gagat necklace and gagat and faience pearls .
literature
- Paul Ashbee: The Earthen Long Barrow in Britain: An Introduction to the Study of the Funerary Practice and Culture of the Neolithic People of the Third Millennium BC. Geo Books 1984. ISBN 0-8609-4170-1 .
- David Coombs: Callis Wold round barrow, Humberside. Antiquity 50 1976 pp. 130-131.
- Frances Lynch: Megalithic Tombs and Long Barrows in Britain. Shire Publications Ltd. 1997 ISBN 0-7478-0341-2 pp. 33-34
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Coordinates: 53 ° 59 '24.8 " N , 0 ° 43' 59.8" W.