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MILES M‘INNES, Auditor. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
I. Zhe Tumulus and Stone-Circles at Cauldside. By Mr 
FREDERICK R. COLES (abridged). 
The remains noticed in this paper are a mound of smallish 
rounded granite boulders sloping sharply up from a broad circular 
base to a summit some 10 feet wide. Its height is from ten to 
twelve feet ; the base composed of a ridge of large and flatter 
stones, and guarding this there is a strong ring of much larger 
granite boulders, evidently embedded to keep the rest in position. 
The diameter of this base is sixty feet. In the centre of the heap 
of stones is a well-defined Avstvaen. The lid and sides are of 
whinstone slabs, four feet three inches by two feet and six or seven 
inches thick. The grave lies open, having been explored many 
years ago, I believe, by Mr James Faed, but as to its contents I 
ean learn nothing. 
Thirty feet S.E. from the outer ring of boulders stand the 
remains of a stone circle. [It is ridiculous, in the face of recent 
antiquarian research, to use the term “ Druidical” in connection 
with stone circles.] Its diameter is sixty-six feet. It is without 
trace of any central monolith, and the stones composing it were 
