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and we must content ourselves with giving a few extracts on 

 points not noticed in that excellent work. 

 Mr. Kelly says : 



" There are some ' Beehives/ but they are not numerous, 

 and are composed entirely of stones overlapping each other, and 

 forming a flattened cone. They are intemaingled with the other 

 Huts, but are so small — only seven or eight feet in diameter — 

 that they do not seem to be well adapted for habitation, and were 

 probably Store-houses or something of that kind." 



" The Hut Circles have been supposed to be Druidical ; it is 

 however to be observed of those in this neighbourhood, that ancient 

 Tin Stream Works are their invariable accompaniment ; though 

 this does not necessarily take from their antiquity, and the per- 

 sons working them may have been observers of the Druidical 

 form of worship. Along the banks of every stream there is 

 undeniable evidence that the ground has been worked for Tin ; 

 and* in every instance, these Hut Circles are in close approxima- 

 tion." 



Mr. Kelly notices two Sacred Circles in addition to the three 

 already known in this neighbourhood. One "has lately been 

 found near Sun Tor, by Harford Bridge, about 100 yards on the 

 west side of the Tor. It is rather concealed by furze, thorns, &c,, 

 and is not so perfect as the one on Stalt Moor, which is by far the 

 finest in this part of the Moor. — ^There is another near to, and 

 S.S.W. of, Hangers-hill Rpck, between it and Butterton Hill. — 

 These Sacred Circles are stated by Kowe to be places set apart 

 for the performance of Druidical religious ceremonies ; but in the 

 explorations of the Castle Howard Tumuli in Northumberland, 

 by the Eev. W. Greenwell of Durham, among which similar 

 Circles occur, sunk Kistvaens were discovered in the enclosure, 

 containing human remains, beads, urns, flints, &c. ; and it is not 

 improbable that those in this neighbourhood were also places of 

 sepulture and contain similar relics." 



The following extracts from Mr. Greenwell' s letter above re- 

 ferred to, will serve to illustrate the general character of the 

 dwellings of the aboriginal inhabitants of this country : — 



" You are quite right in your view as to the object of the 



