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ftone in the middle of the circle of iiimuU above mentioned. 

 What has been the defign of this feparated fpace, is difficult to 

 conjedlure. It might, perhaps, have marked the refidence of thofe 

 of a higher rank, or ferved as a temple for the purpofes of devotion. 



Tovs^ARDS the eaft end of the large area on the fummit, and 

 at the place marked q in the plan, are the vefliges of a well, 

 about fix feet in diameter, which has probably been dug deep 

 into the rock, though it is now filled up with rubbifh to within 

 a yard of the furface. 



Such are the appearances on the fummit of Craig-Phadrick, 

 which exhibit, in my opinion, fuch evident and unambiguous 

 traces of artificial operation, that I cannot conceive a difference 

 of opinion to have arifen concerning their origin, but from too 

 inattentive and hafty a furvey of them, joined to a partiality 

 for thofe hypothefes, extremely fafliionable at prefent, which 

 afcribe a vaft variety of natural appearances to the operation of 

 ancient volcanos. 



Of thofe fortified hills mentioned by Mr Williams, I had 

 likewife an opportunity of examining two others, the hill of 

 Dun-Evan in the County of Nairn, and the Caftle-hill of Fin- 

 haven in the county of Angus. 



On the fummit of the hill of Dun-Evan, (of which the 

 name implies that it had been originally a place of defence) 

 there have been two walls or ramparts furrounding a level fpace 

 of the fame oblong form with that upon Craig-Phadrick, though 

 not quite fo large. There are Ukewife the traces of a well with- 

 in the inclofed area ; and at the eaft end, as at Craig-Phadrick, 

 there are the remains of a prodigious mound or mafs of build- 

 ing, much more extenfive than that which we have remarked 

 upon the former hill. In all thefe operations, which, in their 

 form, are perfedly fimilar to thofe on Craig-Phadrick, there 

 are not, however, fo far as I could perceive, any marks of vi- 

 trification or the effedts of fire. Mr Williams, in his de- 

 fcription of Dun-Evan, fays, that the vitrified ruins are more 



wafted 



