102 NOTES ON DULOE OtBCITLAE ENCLOSTJRE. 



Christian Monument of Eialobran, in West Cornwall, being 

 lettered (but not decipherable by the illiterate) — was simply 

 called, in Cornish, " Maen-scryfiis," the "Stone-inscribed." 

 From this, the Down on which it stands has been named " Q-un- 

 men-scryfa," Inscribed-stone Down; (goon, a down). 



Similarly, it may have been that the prehistoric small 

 Circle of stones in East Cornwall was known as "the diabolical 

 Goblins," and gave name to the district about it, — (on the banks 

 of the waters of Looe), — the neighbourhood of " the Devil- 

 stones." 



If this surmise be correct, the venerable Church and the 

 Parish of Duloe derived their common name from those more 

 antique sepulchral-monoliths, which (being regarded as evil 

 spirits, turned to stone) awoke the superstitious awe of those 

 who lived long before Christianity and the name of St. Keby, 

 and the English language, were known in that spot, called, in 

 modern parlance, " Stonetown." 



But this is not urged as a conclusion ; and we would prefer 

 to sum up, for and against these various surmises, thus : — 



1. The name of the Deity (Du or Dew, like Deus, Grod; 

 plural duow, dewyow, gods) seems to have been in no 

 way connected with the locality. 



2. The adjective for Black (du, dhiu) is, as a rule, placed 

 after the noun which it describes ; as in cronek-du, a 

 black toad, and in pol-dhu, mud-pool ; as already stated. 

 We must therefore doubt the presence of it in Du-loe. 



3. Again, as (dun, and low or loe) the Anglo-Saxon terms for 



black or dark, and for tumulus, scarcely (if ever) 

 occur in Cornwall, they too must be regarded as rather 

 improbable components of the name. 



4. And since the descriptive title of the district is not found 

 to have ever been pronounced as Dru-lo, Dun-lo, Din-lo, 

 or Dour-lo we may perhaps discard, with the foregoing, 

 such derivations as Druid, hill, fort, and brook, would 

 give us. 



5. There is moreover no real evidence that any Saint, such 

 as Teilo or Dilic, ever gave name to the place. 



So far for rejections j — now for possibilities. 



