ROUGH STONE MONUMENTS 



several groups or cemeteries have been reported. 

 Near Ellez occurs a type of corridor-tomb in which 

 three dolmen-like chambers lie on either side of a 

 central passage, and a seventh at the end opposite 

 to the entrance. The whole is constructed of 

 upright slabs of stone, and is surrounded by a 

 circle formed in the same way. 



Morocco, too, has its dolmens, especially in the 

 district of Kabylia, while near Tangier there is a 

 stone circle. 



Off the north coast of Africa, and thus on the 

 highway which leads from Africa to Europe, lie 

 the Italian islands of Lampedusa and Linosa. The 

 latter is volcanic in origin, and its surface presents 

 no opportunity for the building of megalithic monu- 

 ments. Lampedusa, on the other hand, consists 

 of limestone, which lies about in great blocks on 

 its surface. On the slopes of the south coast there 

 are several remains of megalithic construction, 

 but they are too damaged to show much of their 

 original form. However, on the north side of the 

 island there are megalithic huts in a very fair 

 state of preservation. They are oval in form and 

 have in many cases a base course of orthostatic 

 slabs. 



Some miles to the north of Linosa lies the much 

 larger volcanic island of Pantelleria, also a posses- 

 sion of Italy. Here megalithic remains both of 



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