100 NOTES -ON DTJLOE CIECULAB, ENCLOSURE. 



The Eev. Canon Busli, Eector of Duloe, at the request of 

 the writer, has kindly supplied the following independent 

 account : — 



" D[h]ulo is understood to mean either Grod's, or black, 

 water. No doubt Looe and loe are the same word. In Camden's 

 map, Looe is spelt Low, but Loo-poole is mentioned. I suppose 

 that Lough and Loch are really the same words." 



"The name of the farm on which the Duloe Circle stands 

 is Stonetown. It is about 150 yards north of the Church, and 

 slightly oval ; 36|- by 33^ feet, being the inner measurement." 



"25 years ago, there was a hedge directly through the 

 circle, — some of the stones forming a part of the hedge, — and 

 when I represented this to the late Eev. T. A. Bewes, the owner 

 of the property, he had the hedge removed, when it was found 

 that those who made the hedge had thrown one of the stones, 

 no doubt to facilitate their operations." 



" In removing the hedge a small earthenware vessel " [like 

 a vase, or wide-mouthed urn, in shape] " about 4 or 5 inches in 

 length, was discovered, but on being exposed to the air it 

 crumbled. The fragments were sent to Mr. Bewes." 



" The stones, including the recumbent one, are 8 in number, 

 and vary in height from 4 to 10 feet. The highest stone is at 

 the E.S.E. point of the circle." 



But here, we would offer a still bolder guess at the derivation 

 of the name of "Duloe"; — a less complex explanation, 

 perhaps, than any yet hazarded, because, in this case, the word 

 is simply Cornish, and not compounded of incongruous elements. 



We have seen that the name of the Deity, and the title 

 black, are of doubtful suitability to the locality ; and that the 

 term loe, for tumulus, is scarcely known, if at all, in Cornwall ; 

 whilst a river rarely names, except at ford or mouth, a district 

 of land extending to, or away from, the water. 



We know that mysterious stones (in various places) standing 

 erect, poised, or lying prostrate, and also that great earthworks, 

 mounds and trenches, — the original purposes of which have been 

 lost in obscurity,— have been regarded, in all ages, with veneration; 

 and, often, with dread. They have been associated with ideas 

 of prevalent customs, familiar objects, or of the supernatural; 



