224 Mr. Coplands Account of 
* Fig. od. reprefents one of the branches of 
what may be called a Comburator;* three sof 
them were found near the entrance, at the place 
marked A in the ground plan, Fig. 4th. ‘They 
were in every refpect alike, being rather more 
than feven feet long, of a ftraight ftalk or pole, 
with an obtufe bend near their upper end, where 
they became broad and palmated to the full ex- 
tent of three inches near the extremity, being 
concave ina fmall degree on the under fide, and : 
equally convex on the external or upper fide, and 
where broadeft, they were perforated fo exactly 
with a perpendicular hole, that when applied toge- 
ther in atriangle, they could be retained firm im 
that pofture by an iron pin, foas to put on the 
appearance of a truncated cone full feven feet high 
from the ground; fee Fig. 3. When thus erected, 
their under ends ftood at the angles of an equi- 
lateral triangle, about feven feet diftant from each 
other, and when ufed, their upper ends, we muft 
fuppofe, were fecured by an iron pin, which was 
turned up below like a hook, as reprefented at A, 
and their under ends, from terminating in a point ’ 
or pike, »were ftuck and fecured in the hard till or 
triangular 
* N.B. The Fig. is rather too broad along the pole 
for its length. 
