< Page:Archaeologia Volume 13.djvu
This page has been validated.

6

A Description of what is called, &c.

The Tumulus [a] is greatest of all, both in height and diameter, being about twelve feet high, and near twenty yards in diameter.

The Tumulus [b] is little less, either in height or diameter, than the preceding one, and being more insulated, is the most conspicuous of them all, especially when seen from the North.

The Tumulus [c] is lesser in diameter, but nearly equal in height to the two former: it is from this that the cities of Wesel and Xanten were seen to the greatest advantage.

The Tumulus [d] has been cut through the middle to a considerable depth, but is now in part filled up.

The Tumulus [e] has been excavated from the summit, and also in part filled up.

The Tumuli [f] and [g] are of a different form from all the rest, being nearly as represented in the sketch.

The Tumulus [h] is a considerable way on the plain westward of the rest. This and the Tumulus [e] are the only ones that can be seen from the high road; the rest being covered from view by hedges surrounding the fields which lie between them and the road.

[i] is an excavation in the plain apparently not ancient.

[k] is an annular ridge or bourlet of earth about two feet above the plain, but within lower than the plain: the whole covered with heath and pebbles like the rest of the plain.

[l] is a small square ridge of earth, about a foot higher than the plain, and hollow within. It is covered with heath and pebbles like the former; which shew that both are ancient.

[m] the excavation from the inclining plain is here not angular, but round.

This description was taken on the spot, Oct. 17 and 25, 1794, by

A. MANN.

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.