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perfon (landing near the altar can only fee the inclofure 

 and the flcy ; in that fituation, and alone, he cannot but 

 feel a degree of awe from the idea of total feclufion, 

 which ftrikes upon his mind, and he muft be perfuaded, 

 that at whatfoever period, or by whatfoever denomina- 

 tion of men this work was performed, fuperior judg- 

 ment has been fhewn in the planning of an object, 

 which, fituated as it is, affefts by its fimple greatnefs j 

 and he muft feel a high idea of the influence neceflary 

 in times fo remote, to unite a body of men fufficient to 

 execute it. 



SECT. 2. Thofe Antiquities , which are to appearance 

 formed of Earth, and have at leaft the femblance of 

 fuperior civilization ,- as Mounts, &c. 



OF that clafs of antiquities compofed, or to appear- 

 ance' compofed of earth, there is every variety to be 

 found in this county, from the fmalleft rath, not many 

 yards in diameter, to the mount encompafled by its 

 ramparts and ditches, and accompanied by outworks 

 and a covered way ; and in a few inftances thefe 

 mounts have the remains of a caftle on their fummit. 

 The forts or raths are to be found on every range of 

 hills, and are generally within fight of each other ; they 

 nre flat in the middle and furrounded by a fimple ditch ; 

 but of the mounts there are three diiVmft kinds ; firft, 



thofe 



