ITALY AND ITS ISLANDS 



important megalithic remains. They consist of 

 thirteen dolmens, forty-one menhirs, two aligne- 

 ments, and a cromlech. They fall geographically 

 into two groups, one in the extreme north and the 

 other in the extreme south of the island. 



The stones used are chiefly granite and gneiss. 

 The dolmens, which are of carefully chosen flat 

 blocks showing no trace of work, are all rectangular 

 in plan, and usually consist of four side-walls and 

 a cover-slab. The finest of all, however, the dol- 

 men of Fontanaccia, has seven blocks supporting 

 the cover, one at each short end, three in one of the 

 long sides, and two in the other. None of the 

 dolmens are covered by mounds. 



Of the alignements, that of Caouria seems to 

 consist, in part at least, of two parallel lines of 

 menhirs, the rest of the plan being uncertain. 

 There are still thirty-two blocks, of which six 

 have fallen. The other alignement, that of Rinaiou, 

 consists of seven menhirs set in a straight line. 

 The cromlech is circular and stands on Cape Corse. 



On the small island of Pianosa, near Elba, are 

 several rock-hewn tombs of the aeneolithic period 

 which ought perhaps to be classed with the 

 megalithic monuments of Sardinia and Corsica. 



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