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the name, and it may be regarded as the enclosing stones of a 

 burial place, the internal mound of which has perhaps been 

 removed for purposes of agriculture. A distinct example of 

 such removal is traceable at Pawton, in St. Breoke, where a 

 kist, now called Druid's Altar, has been laid bare, and appears 

 like a cromlech on the ruins of a mound. It is to be observed, 

 however, that if the Duloe stones did bind the base of a barrow 

 they are not contiguous. They may have merely surrounded it. 



Polsue has noticed Duloe stone-enclosure, thus: — "Near 

 Stonetown, about a furlong to the north-east of the church, 

 stands a small Druidical circle, about 15 feet in diameter; 

 composed of 6 or 8 stones of quartz or spar, one of which is 

 about 9 feet high. Some of the stones lay on the ground, and 

 in 1863 an attempt was made to fix them upright. Under one 

 of them wa.s found a cinerary urn, which was completely broken 

 and its contents scattered. One of the stones was also broken. 

 The adjoining hamlet is called Stonetown, from these memorials, 

 and their position is about 440 feet above the sea level." (Polsue 

 has here given the diameter inaccurately, evidently by quoting 

 from McLauchlan). 



A plan of this small circle is given in Lukis's Prehistoric 

 Monuments of Cornwall (plate xiii), and the following description 

 of it is inserted at page 4 of the same work : — 



" This is a remarkable monument, on account of the great 

 size of its stones. It is situated in a grass-field, close to the 

 village of Duloe, and is 36 feet 6 inches in diameter. Seven 

 stones are erect and one is prostrate. They are placed at distances 

 of from 8 to 12 feet apart, and are all blocks of quartz ; the 

 highest stone is 8 feet 8 inches high*, and 7 feet 6 inches in 

 greatest width. The lowest is three feet. The fallen stone, the 

 largest of the circle, has been artificially split into two parts, 

 and is partially buried in a pit, which appears to have been 

 excavated when it was thrown down for the purpose of converting 

 it into building materials or gate-posts. The ground on which 

 the monument stands is level. The monument is so small and 

 differs so much in character from all the other circles, that it is 

 probably the enclosing ring of a cairn which has been entirely 

 removed." 



* That is, above ground. 



