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face of the " western " side. Thirteen slabs of the inner and seven of 

 the outer roTV are in position, many others remain out of place. I repeat 

 the plan, from the earlier paper. ^ The enclosure and knoll are thickly 

 planted, and there is no trace of a cist or any other structure in the 

 garth. 



(h) A second monument lies nearly eastward from the last in a 

 grove of fine beech-trees. It "was a circle, once probably double, and 

 is much defaced. The western portion is, however, partly preserved. 

 Beginning at the south, and going westward, there are four outer 

 blocks, measuring respectively 12 feet 6 inches long by 8 feet by 

 25 inches, 9 feet 3 inches by 6 feet 6 inches by 24 inches to 30 inches 

 thick, 4 feet 2 inches by 3 feet by 11 inches, and 3 feet by 2 feet 

 4 inches by 12 inches. Inside there are two fallen blocks, one 5 feet 

 6 inches long. A single fallen and nearly buried block lies to the 

 north, and another, .5 feet by 4 feet by 2 1 inches, to the south. At 

 some distance outside the grove another set block suggests a third 

 ring. 



(c) Three blocks are set in line, X.]!s.E. and JS.S.W., in another 

 grove, and possibly represent the remains of a third monument. 



(7). KjfocES'AFEAEBHEAGA, Cloouey Parish (O.S. Sheet 34, Xo. 3). — 

 Near Classagh House, but in the townland of Knockunoura, is a low 

 cultivated hill, called Knocknafearbreaga. On it stands a line of five 

 pillars, lying X.jS'.E, and S.S.W. Xoting these from the north they 

 measure respectively — the fiist, 4 feet 10 inches high by 3 feet 

 8 inches by 1 foot 2 inches ; the second, 4 feet 5 inches by 11 inches 

 by 17 inches; the third, 5 feet 2 inches by 3 feet 10 inches by 

 10 inches; the fourth is broken, the stump being only 1 foot 6 inches 

 high ; and the fifth leans towards the north-west, and is 6 feet 2 inches 

 by 2 feet 3 inches by 10 inches. There are said to have been two 

 others in human memory.^ 



Such alignments of pillars are not unknown in Ireland, Scotland, 

 France, and elsewhere. Examples occur in Caithness, Wiltshire, and 

 Brittany, varying from a single line to the gi-eat group of Carnac. 

 The Eev. S. Baring Gould, in his interesting account of those on Dart- 

 moor, advances the ingenious theory that they are tribal monuments, 

 the stones varying from under 3 to over 6 feet ; and, on this supposition, 

 varying according to the number or individual strength of each family.' 



' Proc. R.I. A., vol. iv., ser. iii., p. 546. 



2 See Plate VI., fig. 1. 



» "Book of Dartmoor" (1900), pp. 60, &c. 



