CoveredavenuenearAntequera。
AtGavr’innis,thelengthofthepassageleadingtothecryptexceedsforty-twofeetFig。62,andtheLongBarrowofWestKennetismorethanseventy-threefeetlongbyawidthinsomepartsexceedingthirty-twofeet。IntheLongBarrowsofLittleton,Nempnitt,andUley,thecryptisreachedbyanavenue,theentranceofwhichisclosedbyatrilithon,andasimilararrangementismetwithinmanymegalithicmonumentsofScania。Thesepulchralchambersofovalshape,suchasthatmetwithintheislandofMoen,weresurmountedbyatumulussome100yds。incircumference;twelveunhewnstonesformedthewalls,andfivelargeblockstheroof。InremovingtheearthfromtheMoentomb,thebonesofseveralhumanindividualswerefound;andaskeleton,doubtlessthatofthechief,laystretchedoutinthemiddleofthechamber,whilstthebonesoftheothershadevidentlybeenrangedagainstthewallseitherinasittingorcrouchingposition。Withtheboneswerefoundaflinthatchet,whichappearednevertohavebeenused,anumberofballsofamber,andseveralvasesofdifferentshapes。
GroundplanoftheGavr’innismonument。
ThemegalithicmonumentsofMecklenburgaresupposedtodatefromNeolithictimes,andareconstructedintwoverydifferentways。TheHUNENGRABER,formedofhugeblocksofgranitesetupatrightanglestoeachother,resemblethecoveredavenuesofFranceandelsewhere;
intheso-calledRIESENBETTEN,orgiant’sbeds,onthecontrary,thesepulchralchamberismerelysunkintheground。