A kistvaen is a stone coffin, usually pre-Christian, derived from the Celtic cist (chest) and maen (stone). A coffin (also known as a casket in North American English) is a funerary Box used in the display and containment of deceased remains – either for A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth The Celtic languages are descended from Proto-Celtic, or "Common Celtic" a branch of the greater Indo-European Language family. A cist (ˈkɪst or /ˈsɪst/ or kist (/ˈkɪst/ is a small stone-built coffin-like box or Ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead.
Many fine examples of kistvaens are to be found on Dartmoor. Dartmoor is an area of Moorland in the centre of Devon, England. These often take the form of small rectangular pits about 3 ft. (0. The foot is an Anatomical structure found in many Animals It is the terminal portion of a limb which bears weight and allows Locomotion. 9 m) long by 2 feet (0. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International 6 m) wide. 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. Sometimes however the body was cremated with the ashes placed in a cinerary urn. Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire An urn is a Vase, ordinarily covered and without handles that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed Pedestal.
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