13S account of antiquities in Scotland. 'Jan. 25. 

 ced upon an eminence, usually on that side of it 

 which declines towards the south, and saem to have 

 been all formed after one plan, with little variation. 

 I have examined, perhaps, some hundreds of them, in 

 different places, and find, by restoring the parts that 

 have been demolifhed, they would all coincide very 

 exactly with the plan and elevation annexed to this, 

 which was drawn from one that was still very entire 

 in the year 1777, at a place called the Hill of Fid- 

 defs, in the parifli of Foveran, Aberdeenshire. 



This particular temple, 46 feet in diameter, con- 

 sists of nine long stones, marked C in the plan, pla- 

 ced on end, in a circular form, at distances nearly 

 e(jual, though not exactly so. The area E, within 

 tliis circle, is smooth, and somewhat lower than the 

 ground around it. By this means, and by a small 

 bank carried quite round between the s^tones, whicft 

 is still a little higher than the ground about it, the 

 circular area has been very distinctly defined. Be- 

 tween the two stones that are nearest the meridian 

 li^e, on the south side of the are^, is laid,, on its side, 

 a long stone A, at each end of which are placed two 

 other stones, smaller than any of those that form the 

 outer circle. These are a little within the circle, and 

 at a somewhat greater distance from one another; and 

 still faither, within the circular line, are placed two 

 other stones. These four stones are marked D D D 

 D in the plan. Behind the large stone, the earth is 

 raised fomething more than a foot higher than the 

 rest of the circular area ; the form of which is dis- 

 tinctly marked in the plan atB. It is probable that on 



