258 THE FOGOIT AT HAT.LIGEY, TRELOWABREN. 



for what purpose left, it is hard to conjecture, — unless it be that 

 the work was unfinished. 



The termination of this gallery is like that of any such work 

 in a mine, and as it is not faced with stone (like the end of the 

 main gallery towards the narrow passage E) we may conjecture 

 that the original intention was never completed. 



A small recess, at L, looks like the commencement of another 

 gallery, but its entrance has no portal hewn stones and it only 

 extends a few feet in the new direction. 



The side walls of this cave are built of irregularly shaped 

 stones of the country. 



The roof consists of single transverse stones of a great size, 

 some of which are the large detached blocks found in the 

 neighbourhood, and some look as if they were brought from the 

 sea shore, where their angles had been washed smooth by the 

 waves. 



The only hewn stones in the construction are those of the 

 portals, and they are serpentine. 



A large old farm-house close at hand is built of hewn serpen- 

 tine stones which may have been found in the enclosure, where 

 however there is nothing to show that any building had existed . 



The name of the farm is Halligey. El-y-ghee is the mode of 

 pronouncing the word, and there is enough in the sound* to 

 justify the surmise that there was some religious building here 

 dedicated to the Sun and the Earth, — more especially as a similar 

 cave has been discovered in Ireland (much more perfect however 

 in its construction) in which there was an inscription denoting a 

 dedication to the G-reat God and the Universal Mother. 



A vase, containing ashes, and a rude cup — both of Celtic 

 manufacture, — have been found in the cave. 



The only bones discovered look like those of a deer. 



The floor is made of clay which is found in the neighbour- 

 hood. 



* See examination of this, at page 253. — W.I. 



