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above inclosure, were formerly to be seen by 

 the side of the road, but within these last 

 seven or eight years they have been broken 

 up to form gate-posts, and many of the frag- 

 ments may be observed built into the walls 

 on each side of the turnpike. A continuation 

 of similar stones, placed at considerable inter- 

 vals, but still with an obvious design, is said 

 to extend across the hills to the north-west ; 

 and stones of the same kind are to be seen to 

 the south-east, by the side of the road between 

 Shap and Orton. These directing stones, if 

 I may be allowed so to call them, have pro- 

 bably served to indicate the situation of other 

 places of Druidical worship or political as- 

 sembly ; for a line extended in the direction 

 of those that lie to the north-west, would 

 nearly intersect the Druidical inclosure which 

 stands about two miles above Keswick, on 

 the old Penrith road ; and a continuation of 

 the same line to the south-east, would, after 

 passing near some tumuli to the eastward of 

 Orton, nearly intersect the " Nine Stan- 



