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center was 8 feet across and edged with upright flat stones. This 

 went down 2 feet below the present surface, the earth having been 

 removed for the fireplace, and cast back as a foundation for the ring. 

 Plate 12, figure 2, shows the surface plan. A is the outer slope, B 

 the top of the ridge, C the inside slope, D the fireplace edged with 

 stones, which is not an invariable feature. There were many coals 

 in the black earth, no ashes and no vestige of anything else. There 

 were many large stones. A trench was carried through to the 

 original surface, and shorter cross-sections were made. A little 

 southeast was another of similar size, rather flat and not prominent. 



Another, farther south, is near the north line of the Timmerman 

 farm. This is about 36 feet across and 2 feet high. It is flatter than 

 most on top, but shows the usual depression. Small trees are grow- 

 ing on it, and there are some large stones along the edge. They may 

 have been dug out of it, for most mounds have a few such stones. 

 Plate 5 shows this. 



A mound on the Timmerman farm has a large hemlock stump on 

 it, and some small trees. It is a continuation of a low ridge, so that 

 its exact dimensions are modified by this. As measured it is 28 feet 

 wide by 2 feet high. The hemlock stump might show how old it 

 must be, but not how old it might be. In these descriptions the gen- 

 eral course is from north to south. A low ring, 19 feet across and 

 on the same farm, tends to show that growth in hight and width was 

 slow, and by removals of matter from center to circumference; pos- 

 sibly by additions without. The depression is 8 feet across, but it 

 was not noticed whether there was an inclosed fireplace. Plate 6 is 

 of this. Another, west of the fence and this, is broad and low. 

 Still another small one is on the lower terrace, not far away. Both 

 these are northwest of the next. 



A high mound on the edge of the upper terrace, and just west of 

 the fence which crosses it, was not measured across, but is 3 feet high 

 and with a deep central depression. A large stump is on the south 

 side of this. Part of its effect is lost from its surroundings. There 

 is an obscure one on the lower terrace a little west. Another low one 

 with a wide and deep depression is on the same farm, and is 

 shown in plate 7. It is about 21 feet wide, the hight being usually 



