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hill, about a mile and a half N. E. of Kirkby-Moor- 

 side, is a fiiie view of the house ; the moors forming 

 the back ground ; which from the view had of them 

 from that station, look majestic ; one hilL retiring 

 behind another, until the prospect is terminated by 

 the horizon. 



On a bold projection called Shepherd's Knal>, on 

 the right of this mansion, is a great number of oblong 

 tumuli, ranged some east and west, others north 

 and south, irregularly scattered over several acres 

 of ground : I had one of them opened, and Mr. 

 Shepherd had another ; but there were no remains 

 in them, nor was the colour of the earth changed by 

 lire. They are nearly flat 011 the top, and not more 

 than two or three feet thick. Some of them are 

 perhaps 10 jards by 5 or 6, some more and some 

 loss : the tradition of them is that they were thrown 

 wp for rabbit burrows. 



ANTIQUITIES ON THE MOORS. 



ANCIENT BRITISH SETTLEMENTS. 



In Scotland there are a number of circular huts, 

 which the people call Druid's houses ; and on the 

 moors not far from Kirkby-Moorside, and on the 

 hills, &c. facing the plain of Cleveland are some 

 resembling them, which no doubt have been for 

 the same purpose. They are of different sizes, and 

 in some places they are not round but of various 

 shapes ; according perhaps to the different ideas 

 which the ancient Britons had imbibed from their 

 intercourse with strangers, which often, as frieudf 



