In England the greatest number of Late-Celtic burials have been found
in the south-east corner of Yorkshire, near Beverley and Driffield. In
most cases the tumuli covering the graves are in large groups, those
at “Danes’ Graves,” near Kilham, numbering 178; those at Arras, near
Market Weighton, 200; and those in Scorborough Park, near Beverley,
170. The people to whom these extensive cemeteries belonged probably
invaded Britain from the Continent some few centuries before the Roman
occupation, and landing at the mouth of the Humber, settled permanently
on the east coast of Yorkshire. The people in question had long skulls,
and buried their dead in a doubled-up attitude without cremation, which
has suggested another less probable theory that they were the direct
descendants of the more ancient Neolithic inhabitants of Yorkshire.
In Derbyshire one undoubted Late-Celtic burial has been found[160] and
there are a few others which seem to belong to the transition towards
the end of the Roman occupation or the beginning of the Saxon Pagan
period.[161]
[160] In Deepdale.
[161] At Benty Grange, and on Middleton Moor.
In Kent[162] and Devonshire[163] cemeteries containing a large number
of graves have been brought to light.
Isolated burials have been found in single localities in each of
the counties of Stafford,[164] Gloucester,[165] Dorset,[166] and
Cornwall.[167]
The following lists show the geographical distribution of the inhabited
or fortified sites of the Late-Celtic period in Great Britain:—
[162] At Aylesford.
[163] At Mount Batten.
[164] At Barlaston.
[165] At Birdlip.
[166] In the Isle of Portland.
[167] At Trelan Bahow.
CAVES
YORKSHIRE. Dowkerbottom Hole, Arncliffe.
Victoria Cave, Settle.
Kelko Cave, Settle.
LANCASHIRE. Kirkhead Cave.
DERBYSHIRE. Thirst House, Deepdale.
Poole’s Hole, near Buxton.
STAFFORDSHIRE. Thor’s Cave, Dovedale.
DEVONSHIRE. Kent’s Cavern, Torquay.
LAKE-DWELLINGS AND CRANNOGS
SOMERSETSHIRE. Glastonbury Marsh Village.
LANARKSHIRE. Hyndford Crannog.
AYRSHIRE. Lochlee Crannog.
Lochspouts Crannog.
WIGTOWNSHIRE. Dowalton Crannog.
CO. ANTRIM. Lisnacroghera Crannog.
Craigywarren Crannog.
CO. ROSCOMMON. Strokestown Crannog.
Ardakillen Crannog.
CO. WESTMEATH. Ballinderry Crannog.
CO. MEATH. Lagore Crannog.
PICTISH TOWERS
ORKNEY. Broch of Harray.
Broch of Okstrow.
CAITHNESS. Broch of Kettleburn.
SELKIRKSHIRE. Broch of Torwoodlee.
UNDERGROUND HOUSES
ABERDEENSHIRE. Castle Newe.
FORFARSHIRE. Grange of Conan.