Britons as among the Gauls, in the shape of ornaments easily hidden and carried about, and this practice may perhaps account for the statement of Herodotus[1] as to the large quantity of gold in the northern parts of Europe. It was probably the hoarded wealth of ages.
Fig. 158.—Bronze Head-ring, Stitchel.
Burial Customs.
With the introduction of iron a change took place in the burial customs in Britain. Cremation was carried on, but the dead were frequently interred at full length in a stone chamber or shallow pit, along with various articles used in daily life. We may take as an example of interments belonging to this age the group of circular barrows at Arras,[2] near Market Weighton, explored by the Rev. E. W. Stillingfleet. In a shallow pit at the base of one of these, named the Barrow of the Charioteer,
