A bit of a weird one

Gib Hill 1

FourWinds Jan 9, 2007 17:09:38

stubob's post from 2002 states that no burials were found

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/9833

whereas the notes on fitzcoraldo's old image mention the cist that fell into the 'excavation' passage when they removed the boards that they'd lined the tunnels with

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/12808

Does anyone know if there were actually any remains in the cist?

baza Jan 9, 2007 17:56:01

Replying to FourWinds

Bateman wrote*:

"...By the sudden fall of two of the sides and the adjacent earth, a very pretty vase of small size was crushed to pieces, the fragments mingling with the burnt human bones in company with which it had for ages occupied the sepulchral chamber."

I can't find any other mention of human remains found.

*Thomas Bateman. Ten Years' Diggings in Celtic and Saxon Grave-hills (1861)

fitzcoraldo Jan 9, 2007 17:56:09

Replying to FourWinds

There was a second phase of building on top of the original mound. Barnatt states "Near the surface of this mound a small stone chamber was found containing a 'food vessel'."
I guess this could have been the cist.