2 THE CHEESEWRING. 



fully on one another, and raised to this height by 

 human skill and labour ; but as there are several 

 heaps of stones on the same hill, and also on a hill 

 about a mile distant, called Kell-mar'r, of like fabric 

 too, though not near so high as this, I should think 

 it a natural crag, and that what stones surrounded it, 

 and hid its grandeur, were removed by the Druids. 

 From its having rock basins, from the uppermost 

 stone's being a rocking stone, from the well poised 

 structure and the great elevation of this group, I 

 think we may truly reckon it among the Rock Dei- 

 ties, and that its tallness and just balance might 

 probably be intended to express the stateliness and 

 justice of the Supreme Being. Secondly, as the 

 rock basins shew that it was usual to get upon the 

 top of this karn, it might probably serve for the 

 Druid to harangue the audience, pronounce decisions, 

 and foretel future events." 



There are several rock basins on the stones near 

 the Cheesewring. Borlase has given some account 

 . of these singular remains, the following is an abstract 

 of his remarks : — 4 



" In Cornwall there are monuments of a very 

 singular kind, which have hitherto escaped the notice 

 of travellers; and, though elsewhere in Britain, 

 doubtless, as well as here, in hke situations, have 

 never been remarked upon (as far as I can learn) 

 by any writer ; they are hollows, or artificial basins, 

 sunk into the surface of the rocks. 



^' Since no author has mentioned, nor attempted to 

 explain, these monuments ; let us see what light and 

 assistance their shape and structure, exposition, num- 

 ber, and place, considered, together with the customs 

 and known rites of antiquity, may afford us in this 

 untrodden path. 



"Of these basins there are two sorts ; some have 

 lips or channels to them, others have none : and 

 therefore as those lips are manifestly the works of 

 design, not of accident, those that have so material 

 a difference, must needs have been intended for a 



