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fo that the fence would have been pretty exattly 
fifteen feet broad all round. It appeared higheft 
nearly above the moft external circle of large ftones, 
and gradually diminifhed in height as it approached 
the centre; at firft it feemed doubtful whether the 
fmall ftones were fo fituated from their having, fallen 
down from a higher pofition ; but there was reafon to 
think they had been originally fo, from their exact 
fimilarity in every part of the fence. Amongft the 
greateft part of the internal edge of the fence, there 
was a confiderable quantity of fat earth, that run 
in below the {mall ftones very near four feet, fo as 
to approach the large ftones, forming the innermoft 
circle ; it was divided into {paces of two or three feet 
wide, and nearly fix feet long, by means of thin 
flat ftones placed perpendicularly in the earth, and 
a pavement of the fame ftones was moftly found at 
the depth of from one foot and a half to two feet 
and a half from the furface. In the mould, fmall 
pieces of bones and of charred wood were at times 
met with; and in one place the fragments of a 
patera or urn were to be feen. Upon removing 
the ftones near to where the entrance had been, 
three long pieces of iron were difcovered, lying clofe 
together about the bottom of the fence, which, 
although the perfon who found them did not take 
notice of any particular inclofure conftructed for 
containing them, muft have been depofited i in fuch 
a proper fpace, as they were of a great length, 
and 
