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	Kistvaen: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Kistvaen
		A kistvaen is a (usually pre-Christian) stone coffin, derived from the Celtic cist, meaning chest and maen meaning stone.
		The kistvaens were usually covered with a mound of earth and surrounded by a circle of small stones.
		When a body was placed in the kistvaen, it was usually lain in a contracted position.
	www.encyclopedian.com /ki/Kistvaen.html (128 words)

	Kistvaen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A kistvaen is a stone coffin, usually pre-Christian, derived from the Celtic cist (chest) and maen(stone).
		Many fine examples of kistvaens are to be found on Dartmoor.
		Sometimes however the body was cremated with the ashes placed in a cinerary urn.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kistvaen (122 words)

	The Dartmoor Tomb Raider
		A perfect kistvaen consists of four slabs of stone set vertically, enclosing an excavation from three to five feet long, two feet wide, and two feet deep, with a fifth slab placed over this space so as to rest on the vertical sides and ends, thus forming the coverstone.
		"Kistvaen: A stone coffin, from the Celtic cist, a chest, and maen, stone being used as a mutation of m.
		The earliest kistvaens may have been used for inhumation, although evidence is lacking due to the acidity of Dartmoor soils; furthermore the restrictive dimensions of the majority of known ones would preclude such a practice.
	www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk /tomb_raider.htm (2760 words)

	pp 092-107 - Manx Soc vol 15 ANTIQUITATES MANNIAE
		At present thechamber has the appearance of a kistvaen, but it would be necessary to clear away the soil to ascertain whether the sides were originally placed on the ground, in which case it would be a small cromlech.
		In a field near the Tynwald Mount were three kistvaens, one of which was laid bare by a cutting through the road, and examined during one of the excursions of the week.
		The kistvaens, that have been opened, are built of thin slabs of slaty rag stones, and are of an humble and meagre character.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/manxsoc/msvol15/p092.htm (3916 words)

	The Money Pit
		The story attached to this particular one concerns a farmer from the Poundsgate area who by all accounts was a kind and friendly soul.
		This does give the story some credence as the original kistvaen probably dated to the early/middle Bronze Age and where grave goods are found they are normally flint arrowheads or fragments of beaker shaped pottery.
		It is a known fact, as Parker Pearson points out, 200 p.92, that in the Bronze Age a new stile of triangular tanged and barbed arrowheads replace the earlier Neolithic leaf shaped ones.
	www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk /money_pit.htm (774 words)

	Shovel Down Rows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Kistvaen is doubtful and the 2nd cairn and stone could be part of the reave.
		In 1957 the Longstone and rows are not shown and the fourfold circle was regarded as triple.
		At one time the last pair of stones of Row A were upright and one is marked "GP" - a BS (boundry stone) for Gidleigh Parish - so once there would have been 3 tall stones in the Shovel Down "cemetery".
	homepages.tesco.net /city.fly/dartmoor/shoveldown.htm (208 words)

	Kistvaen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A kistvaen es ataúd de piedra de a (generalmente pre-Cristiano), derivado del cist céltico, significando el pecho y maen la piedra del significado.
		Muchos ejemplos finos de kistvaens deben ser encontrados en Dartmoor.
		Los kistvaens fueron cubiertos con un montón de la tierra y rodeados generalmente por un círculo de piedras pequeñas.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/ki/Kistvaen.htm (135 words)

	Kistvaen -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Many fine examples of kistvaens are to be found on (Click link for more info and facts about Dartmoor) Dartmoor.
		These often take the form of small rectangular pits about 3 (Click link for more info and facts about ft.) ft.
		Sometimes however the body was (Click link for more info and facts about cremate) cremated with the ashes placed in a cinerary urn.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ki/kistvaen.htm (114 words)

	Etruscan Bologna: A Study
		We have now inspected the many objects rescued from the kistvaen and the sarcophagus; we have visited the homes and the long homes of the Circumpadan Etrurians; and we may venture upon a little cautious generalisation.
		Only three or four out of 170 contained the whole skeleton, which was supported by a quantity of marl and pebbles, and the presence of these articles did not appear accidental.
		Thus Professor Count Conestabile is of opinion that the necropolis of Marzabotto was used for a considerable period after the Boian and Lingonian invasion; whilst the Abbé G. Chierici is of opinion that both Misanello and Misano owe their destruction to those barbarians.
	www.wollamshram.ca /1001/Bologna/bologna_08.htm (1281 words)

	Owain, from Lundy, Isle of Avalon by Mystic Realms
		Robert Graves, in "The White Goddess", states that "quadrangular form" usually refers to the type of grave also described as Kistvaen.
		There is, or was, a Kistvaen on Lundy.
		Nothing was found in the Kistvaen on Lundy to suggest the original occupant.
	www.lundyisleofavalon.co.uk /arthur/owain.htm (574 words)

	Childes Tomb - Wikipedia
		Legend has it that the cross was erected over the kistvaen (burial chamber) of Childe the Hunter.
		The cross has its base in a socket stone, resting on granite blocks over the chamber.
		The whole is surrounded by a circle of granite stones set up on their edge, in the fashion of a number of kistvaens on the moor.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Childes_Tomb (575 words)

	Dartmoor - Erme Pound - Cornwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		South of this pound is another short row, also connected with a circle and a kistvaen, and on the south side of Stall Moor are others.
		Hut circles, cairns and kistvaens are numerous in the neighbourhood.
		All along the stream and on several of its tributaries are evidences of extensive tin-streaming and smelting operations.
	www.projects.ex.ac.uk /brad/noindex/dartmoor/books/wlc/p116.htm (333 words)

	Megalithic Monuments. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		We are altogether in the dark as to the date or the use of the various objects found in these tombs, and the coins bearing dates which are often associated with them, do not seem to help us much, belonging as they doubtless do to a much later period than the erection of the monuments.
		The cave-man first turned to account natural or artificial rock shelters, and when they were not to be had, he imitated them in such materials as he had at his disposal.
		Hence we have crypts, kistvaens, and dolmens; and the resemblance between them proves nothing as to the parentage of their builders.
	www.globusz.com /ebooks/Prehistoric/00000015.htm (11083 words)

	Kistvaen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		These often takethe form of small rectangular pits about 3 ft.
		The kistvaens were usually covered with a mound of earth and surrounded by a circleof small stones.
		Sometimes however the bodywas cremated with the ashes placed in a cinerary urn.
	www.therfcc.org /kistvaen-129867.html (113 words)

	North and South of Two Bridges
		We passed to the right of the top of the hill and made our way towards an exceedingly good example of a kistvaen and small stone circle, one of hundreds all over the moor.
		As we were unsure of it's name, it was suggested and agreed the the Prince Maurice kistvaen was a suitable name to give it.
		From the kistvaen we swung more east and found a footpath heading just south of east.
	website.lineone.net /~dpawley/2bridroy/2bridroy.html (1750 words)

	Kistvaen Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
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	Castle Hill by the Rev. Edmund Sibson :: Newton le Willows :: Newton-Le-Willows.com - My Local Web - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It was expected that a Kistvaen [ i.e., a prehistoric grave, oblong, and composed of four or more uncemented slabs forming its sides, and covered with a great stone ] would be found, containing amber and glass beads, ornaments of bone, and a Celt [ i.e., a stone or bronze axe ].
		The oak being sacred to the Druids, it is probable that the trench was made for the purpose of containing the tiers of oak, so that the bodies might rest upon sacred wood.
		From this it may be inferred that the barrow had been made in a very rude state of society, when the arts were in their infancy.
	www.n-le-w.co.uk /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=78 (6572 words)

	kistvaen - OneLook Dictionary Search
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		kistvaen : The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=kistvaen (119 words)

	Decoding the Stones with Gridman -Decode 06 Hook Lake Double Stone Row
		D.C.S.M.R. give the row as 183 metres, with a Kistvaen (now watch this) 0.2 metres off centre from the top of the row inside a cairn.
		Other info says there are up to 280 stones, all in some disarray.
		For this the Kistvaen is our G spot.
	www.decodingthestones.fslife.co.uk /decode06_ookt.htm (874 words)

	Cist - TheBestLinks.com - Britain, Bronze Age, Cairn, Kistvaen, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Cist - TheBestLinks.com - Britain, Bronze Age, Cairn, Kistvaen,...
		Cist, Britain, Bronze Age, Cairn, Kistvaen, Corpse, Barrow
		A cist (pronounced 'kissed') is a small stone-built coffin-like box used to hold the bodies of the dead (notably during the Bronze Age in Britain).
	www.thebestlinks.com /Cist.html (150 words)

	Gutter Tor to Philpotts Cave
		Although only small tussocks, they were enough to slow progress down a little but it was only for about a kilometre SW from Broad Rock to the kistvaen with unusual retaining circle with the stones leaning out, rather like the petals of a flower opening.
		It is a particularly well preserved kistvaen and well worth a visit.
		From the kistvaen, we followed the Langcombe Brook down the slightly descending valley along easy to follow tracks.
	website.lineone.net /~dpawley/gutpcave/gutpcave.html (1934 words)

	Kistvaen
		This is the definition of the term Kistvaen
		Kistvaen (n.) A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.
		For people who have trouble spelling, this is the defintion of the term Kistvaen
	linkspider.serversystems.net /dictionary/lookup/kistvaen (69 words)

	Junior Classics, The, V4 by Editor Patten, William eBook by BookRags
		Thereupon do thou immediately fold the covering round them, and bury them in a kistvaen, in the strongest place thou hast in thy dominions, and hide them in the earth.
		And as long as they shall bide in that strong place, no plague shall come to the island of Britain from elsewhere.
		And in their sleep, Lludd folded the covering around them, and in the securest place he had in Snowdon, he hid them in a kistvaen.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/6323/67.html (590 words)

	Fernworthy
		A Bronze Age burial site on the north side of the reservoir at SX 667843.
		A closer view of the well formed kistvaen or burial cist.
		The body would have been put inside the chest - maybe in a crouched position and probably with some valued possessions.
	www.richkni.co.uk /dartmoor/fern.htm (729 words)

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	News Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The re-location will take place in early March and follows recent refurbishment at the Museum.
		The grave or cist (from the Germanic word kistvaen, literally meaning stone chest) which is approximately 4,000 years old, is one of two which were discovered during the excavation of a prehistoric burial mound near Thornworthy Tor, Chagford in 1879.
		Burial cists date to the earlier part of the second millennium BC and consist of slabs of granite set on edge to form a box like structure with another slab laid horizontally as a lid.
	www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk /dnp/news/nr230204.html (865 words)

	Stone Pages Archaeo News: Ancient stone tomb returns to Dartmoor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Torquay Natural History Society has loaned the grave to Dartmoor National Park Authority for an initial period of five years because it no longer has room for it at the museum.
		It is one of two graves or cists (from the Germanic word kistvaen, literally meaning stone chest) which were discovered during the excavation of a prehistoric burial mound near Thornworthy Tor, Chagford in 1879.
		Burial cists date to the earlier part of the second millennium BCE and consist of slabs of granite set on edge to form a box-like structure with another slab laid horizontally as a lid.
	www.stonepages.com /news/archives/000592.html (396 words)

	St Breock Beacon Kistvaen \| Fieldnotes by phil \| The Modern Antiquarian \| St Breock Beacon Kistvaen \| Fieldnotes by phil
		Only recently re-discovered near the Men gurta this "kistvaen" or entrance grave.
		It consists of two huge slabs of stone of a similar type to the nearby menhirs and the quoit at Pawton.
		An exciting find and no Cornish guide book mentions it!
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /post/14132 (230 words)

	St Breock Beacon Kistvaen (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) \| The Modern Antiquarian \| St Breock Beacon Kistvaen (Dolmen / ...
		St Breock Beacon Kistvaen (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech)
		St Breock Beacon Kistvaen (Dolmen / Quoit / Cromlech) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK and Ireland's most popular megalithic community website.
		The Magi stone also close by, is reported by Borlase to have had "a small circle of stones on edge"
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/3895 (1144 words)

	Perception Wavehopper Challenge
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	www.wildwater.org.uk /events/specialevents/whopchall.htm (550 words)

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