April 12, 1906] 



NA TURE 



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NOTES ON SOME CORNISH CIRCLES. 1 

 II. 



The Treqeseal Circles (lat. s°° §' 2 5" N-> 



'ong. 5 39' 25'' W.). 



'THERE are two circles situated on Truthwall 



^ Common near to Tregeseal and not far from St. 



Just; the one is nearly to the east of the other, and 



ginal structure seems to have contained twenty-eight 

 stones according to Lukis. 



iMv wife and I visited the region in January, 1906, 

 but previously to our going Mr. Horton Bolitho, ac- 

 companied by Mr. Thomas, whose knowledge of the 

 local antiquities is very great, had explored the region 

 and taught us what to observe. 



The chief interest appears to lie on the N.E. quad- 



rn Circle 



Photo, by Lady Lockyt 



there 

 stone; 



are outstanding stones, including four holed 

 , and several barrows. The eastern temple has 



a diameter of 69 feet, and includes, at the present 

 time, nine erect and four prostrate stones; the ori- 



1 Conlinued from p. ;'■ 



NO. I9C2, VOL. J$\ 



rant, where, in addition to a famous longstone on a 

 hill about a mile away, the nest of holed stones and 

 several of the barrows are located. Cam Kenidjack, 

 a famous landmark, lies to the north. 



Of the two circles, I confined my attention almost 

 exclusively to the eastern one, as the other is in a 

 fragmentary condition, though it is still traceable. 

 It is hidden almost entirely from the eastern circle 

 by a modern hedge. 



Mr. Horton Bolitho, who accompanied us in Jan- 

 uary, has again visited the spot, with Mr. Thomas, 

 for the purpose of further exploration, and determin- 

 ing the angular height of the sky-line along the dif- 

 ferent alignments, which I have plotted from the 

 6-inch and 25-inch maps. My readers will therefore 

 see that my part of the work has been a small one, 

 and that they are chiefly indebted to those I have 

 named. 



No theodolite survey has as yet been made for deter- 

 mining the azimuths and the height of hills. The 

 following approximate azimuths have been determined 

 by myself from the 25-inch map, and the elevations by 

 Mr. Horton Bolitho bv means of a miner's dial. 



Alignments 



nuth 



Apex of Cam N. 12 8 E. 



Barrow Soo' distant N. 20 8 E. 



Two barrows 900' distant N. 50 8 E. 

 Holed stones ... N. 53 20 E. 



Longstone ... ... N. 66 38 E. 



Stone N. 76 13 E. 



The earn referred to in the above table is Cam 

 Kenidjack, called "the hooting cairn." The rocks 

 on the summit, in which there is a remarkable 

 depression, are still by local superstition supposed to 

 emit evil sounds bv night. 



