no SOME NOTES ON ARBOR LOW AND OTHER LOWS. 



Low. I think that the Shining Tor is also theoretically visible, 

 but as the Ordnance contours above i,ooo feet are at 250 feet 

 intervals, I have not been able to get a section to prove or 

 disprove this. I have never had a sufficiently clear day to 

 make a practical observation. 



On its way this line 30° west of north passes through or close 

 by two lows near New Buildings, a very large low near Clifton 

 station, a curious mound of something resembling gravel con- 

 crete near the Orchards Farm, Mayfield, an excavation in 

 Okeover Park (which is very conspicuous as one walks along the 

 line from Hare's Hill), the remains of a low at the top of 

 Okeover Park, and three lows near Blore, known as Lady Low, 

 Little Lady Low, and a nameless one. All these I have per- 

 sonally examined. Further on the line crosses Binncliff, where 

 there may be a low, Wetton Low, with probably two, Ecton 

 Low, Warslow, and the Shining Ford (to which I have previously 

 referred). From the names and positions a further exploration 

 might disclose other lows with which I am at present un- 

 acquainted. 



I have perhaps said enough to show that this direction, 30° 

 west of north, had a peculiar importance, or perhaps sanctity, 

 for the makers of the lows. I am unable to make any further 

 suggestion as to the reason for it, and should welcome any 

 explanation. 



CASUAL NOTES. 



Note i. — The apparent radiation of the Arbor Low " circle ' 

 stones, as they lie, which has been noticed, may be accounted 

 for in this way. The stones are all more or less flat, with two 

 nearly parallel faces. The flat faces, when and if the stones 

 were upright, were in line with the circumference of the 

 " circle." When they fell, or were thrown dowTi, it would 

 naturally be side-ways, so that whether they fell inwards or 

 outwards they would lie approximately radially. 



Note 2. — In Dr. Flinders Petrie's plan of Stonehenge the 

 midsummer sunrise is shown at 45° east of north. Assuming 

 the midsummer sunset to be at 45° west of north, this would 



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