Nevertheless, it is probable that some kistvaens belong to the period of carnal interment, and were erected for the reception of single bodies, which for some reason or other could not be conveyed to the family mausoleum.
On Dartmoor in the kistvaens a small stone at foot or side was placed, to be removed at pleasure.
Thousands of loads were removed, and it is only by a lucky chance that one or two kistvaens have escaped.
Wigford Down is in the rear, with kistvaens and tumuli and hut circles on it.
In many of the churches around the moor are monuments that derive from the cromlech and kistvaens as certainly as does the modern tombstone from the menhir.
The kistvaens were always buried under cairns, and almost invariably a circle of stones surrounded the cairn, marking its bounds.
So these cromlechs andkistvaens may teach us something.
The tumuli of the Grand Duchy of Posen and those of Prussia cover kistvaenscontaining funeral vases, weapons, and silver and gold ornaments.
The great family dolmens were cemeterial big Beds of Ware to accommodate a number, and the small kistvaens were single beds for old bachelors.
Now, it is remarkable that the circles of upright stones that enclose cairns and stone graves or kistvaens are rarely complete.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "kistvaens" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
