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it was ot stones and earth ' raised over four smaller mounds, each con- 

 sisting of indurated clay intermixed with wood and charcoal.' The only 

 interment he met with was one ot cremated remains in a large cist near 

 the summit, and with them was a small food vase. It is curious that 

 there also is a great mound associated with the circle of Dove Holes. 

 In this case it is about i oo ft. to the south-west of the circle, but unlike 

 Gib Hill, it is square, the sides being each about 75 ft. and the height 

 about 8 ft. 



The other circles of the county are smaller and slighter. The 

 largest of these is one on Wet-withens Moor near Eyam, consisting of a 

 slight annular bank with sixteen stones standing on its inner edge, nearly 

 i oo ft. in diameter. There was formerly a large stone in the centre. 

 On Offerton Moor near by, is a similar bank only shorn of its stones, and 

 somewhat oval in plan, about 85 ft. in its longer diameter. Reference 

 has already been made to others which formerly existed on this and 

 Abney Moor. A small and well known circle of nine stones, ' The Nine 

 Ladies,' on Stanton Moor, is about 33 ft. in diameter. A woodcut of 

 this circle in Bateman's Vestiges l shows it with an annular bank and a 

 small central mound, a combination which recalls that on Abney Moor, 

 referred to on page 160. Ringed barrows of this type have been noted on 

 Eyam Moor. 2 Another woodcut of a circle on Stanton Moor, in the 

 same book, presents an annular bank without stones or central mound. 

 Mr. Bateman made some excavations in the central area of another on 

 this moor, and found just below the surface several cinerary urns with 

 their deposits of burnt bones and as many incense cups. 3 On Hartle 

 Moor adjoining are about six upright stones of large size, all that 

 remain of a circle of about 39 ft. in diameter, which fifty years ago 

 had some traces of a central mound. 4 There was formerly a circle 

 of similar diameter, and another 22 ft., on Brassington Moor. On 

 Froggatt Edge, and on East Moor near the Bar Brook, are, or were, two 

 circles, one about 36 ft. and the other 40 ft. in diameter ; also others 

 on Hathersage Moor and Hordron Edge. Mr. W. J. Andrew has 

 recently discovered three more (circles), namely, one on Froggatt Edge ; 

 another near Park Gate, Beeley Moor, above Chatsworth ; and another 

 near Ramsley Lodge, on East Moor. 6 All three are untouched, in good 

 preservation, and of the same character. They are from 30 to 33 ft. 

 in diameter, with (originally) upright stones standing on a small vallum 

 with two openings, not immediately opposite each other. The stones 

 vary from 2 ft. to 3 ft. in height, and are placed at nearly regular inter- 

 vals of about 6 ft. Many are still standing upright, and all have 

 evidently been carefully selected for uniformity in shape though not in 

 length. Doubtless remains of other circles would be found in the Peak 

 if diligently searched for. It should be noticed that with several are 

 associated one or more large standing stones. About 100 ft. from the 



1 p. 112. 3 Several plans are given in Diggings, p. 248. 3 Ibid. p. 84. 



* This circle is figured in one of the plates of Moore's Picturesque Excursions, 1 8 1 8. 

 B This circle however may be that referred to above as near the Bar Brook. 



