320 BYR-HUS AT MASSLEBERG. 



thus forming a roundish grotto, the height of \\hieh is 

 5 feet and breadth G feet. The openings between the 

 side stones, which incline towards each other, are care- 

 fully filled up with smaller stones, the smooth edges of 

 which face inwards; thus proving that the leaning posi- 

 tion of the side stones is original, and not caused by 

 the pressure of the surrounding earth. The Tcchliiill, 

 which rests on the highest of the stones, can, by a touch, 

 be set in a rocking motion, which causes a dull and hollow 

 sound in the cavity. 



Another Dyr-hus, not far from Mas>lel)erg, parish of 

 Skee, consists of a covering-stone, some 7 led in length 

 by nearly the same breadth, resting on six upright stones 

 that inwardh have a smooth surface. The apartment 

 thus formed is capacious and nearly circular. The 

 entrance is from the north. Calcined remains of human 

 beings have been found on the floor. 



