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hovvever, of both is the same, the sides of the gallery and 

 Chambers being fornied of large slabs of unhewn stone, 

 planted on their edges, and the interstices filled in with 

 diy walling of small stones. The roof in each is fornied 

 by courses of stone overlapping each other, and closed by 

 a single flat stone. The cairn of stones heaped over the 

 Chambers has in each tumulus been neatly finished round 

 the outer border with dry walling, carried to the height of 

 two or three feet, which communicated by an internal 

 sweep with similar walling, extending from the entrance to 

 the Chambers. This construction has lately been beauti- 

 fully shewn at Wellow. (See plate III.) 



Having been in the habit of visiting this tumulus at 

 different times with friends, on Walking over to examine it 

 about three years since, I found that two of the Chambers 

 had collapsed during a severe frost, and the centre of the 

 tumulus was in a ruined condition, and unless something 

 was speedily done the whole would become a ruin. Hav- 

 ing mentioned this to my co-Secretary for the Somerset 

 Archasological and Natural History Society, we agreed to 

 write to the owner of the property for leave to repair it, 

 and at the same time to ask the Society to supply the 

 means of paying the cost. Both these requests were 

 readily granted, and proper workmen sent from Bath, with 

 needful Instructions, who completed the restoration so as 

 nearly to bring back the tumulus to its original condition. 

 Since this was effected, the owner of the property has been 

 very desirous to protect the tumulus from further injury, 

 and having consulted on the spot as to the best means 

 of preservation, determined that a sunk fence should 

 be placed all round, so as effectually to protect the 

 cairn without injuring the view. On commencing this 

 ditch, however, at the proper interval, it was discovered 



