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Omitting inches from the measurements, its outer dimensions are: 

 North wall 38 feet, south wall 32 feet, east wall 33 feet, west wall 32 

 feet. The corresponding inside measurements are 21 feet, 19 feet, 

 21 feet, and 2^ feet. Thirteen feet north from the north wall is a 

 stone pile 13 feet north and south by 10 feet east and west, 18 inches 

 high. Ten feet west of this is a single layer of stones covering an 

 area 7 feet east and west by 4 feet north and south. At 9 feet out 

 from the middle of the west wall is a platform 7 by 7 feet, its west 

 edge on large stones in place. At the west end of the north wall are 

 three large flat stones, one of them forming the corner, the two 

 others west of this, the three being up-edged and in a continuous line. 



Within the inclosure, at the southern end, is a closely laid pave- 

 ment formed of a single stratum of loose stones, laid on the earth, 

 and covering a space 20 feet east and west by 10 feet north and south. 

 Along the inside of the wall, at the northeast corner, is a similar 

 pavement 12 feet north and south by 4 feet G inches east and west, 

 and a foot high. Both of these pavements were probably intended 

 for seats and beds. On the larger pavement, 5 feet from the south 

 wall, 9 feet from the east corner, was a boulder, its diameters 11, 12, 

 and 15 inches, whose largest surface lay uppermost and was hol- 

 lowed out to form a deep saucer-shaped depression like a mortar; 

 but as there was nothing to grind, it was probably to crack or pound 

 nuts in. At the middle of the southeast quarter of the inclosure was 

 a pile of stones 3^ feet across and 1 foot high; there was nothing 

 under them. Seven feet from the north wall, 10 feet from the east 

 wall, was a fireplace formed of two slabs on the east and west sides 

 and a flattened boulder on the south side, all upedged, the north 

 side being left open. Its bottom was undisturbed earth, a foot lower 

 than the level of the platforms. It would seem, though this is un- 

 certain, that the platforms or pavements were on the original surface 

 level, the unpaved space being cleared out to the level of the bottom 

 of the fireplace, and that this space had been filled with earth blown 

 in by the winds after the spot was abandoned. From outside to 

 outside the upedged stones measured 26 by 28 inches ; the space inside 

 18 by 20 inches. On the west edge was a large grinding stone, the 

 amount of wear on its surface indicating much use. A pavement 

 4 feet wide reached from the open side of the fireplace to the north 

 wall. 



In the cavity was about half a bushel of small stones, most of them 

 burned. When meat was to be baked, a fire was made in the pit and 

 as many of the stones as required were heated; they were placed in 

 the body cavity, in the mouth, and in slits cut in the sldn of the 

 animal, which was then deposited in the pit, closely covered, and 

 left until thoroughly cooked. Similar ovens or barbecue holes, and 



