The early barrow-diggers

By Barry M. Marsden

From the early 18th century squires & parsons indulged in the field sport of Barrow digging, plundering the graves of their prehistoric ancestors in search of decorative relics. But Barry Marsden also highlights the careers & methods of the more enlightened diggers, from William Stukeley in the 1720s to the painstaking work of Lt. General Pitt Rivers in the 1890s.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815550278
• ISBN13: 9780815550273
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Noyes Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.