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1830 ; if any of those sLx are left now, they are probably built into some of 

 the stone fences, for I did not see them." 



As a matter of fact, as the plan (fig. 4) shows, there are twelve stones 

 still in existence at the spot alluded to in the above papers. I first made 

 sure that these were the remains of the circle in question. The tallest of 

 these is the stone numbered 3 in the plan, and this is -i feet 4 inches in height. 

 None of the others exceeds 3 feet in height, and several are completely, or 

 almost completely, covered with grass and earth. Of those which appear 

 above the siuface, some ai-e limestone, some conglomerate. Mr. l«wis thinks 

 that a line from the GaUaim " A "' through the centre of cirele " C " woidd 

 have struck the centre of this circle. From the segment which remains, 

 Professor Alexander has been able to compute the diameter which the entire 

 circle, if it were a circle, possessed, and this would have been 225 feet. Now, 

 if a circle of this diameter were to be described on the plan, it would intei-seet 

 circle " C." Either, then, this was no part of a cirele, or the stones have been 

 so much disturbed as to make it impossible to draw any deductions respecting 

 them. 



L "E." (see figs. 5 and 12j. 



AVESTE. 



At the opposite or western side of the road leading from BruflFto limeiiek, 

 there is another collection of stones, described on the Ordnance map as a 

 stone cirele. This it clearly is not. At present it may be described as a 

 double alignment or avenue, with a central stone between the two rows. 

 Harkness thought that they might have formed the western side of circle " D " ; 

 but this is clearly impossible. Mr. Lynch thinks that it was the avenue 

 leading to a completely destroyed circle in the same field. Harkness (p. 390), 

 in his description, alludes to "a large cup-shaped depression about 210 paces 

 in diameter : but whether this is a natural or an artificial production there 

 is not sufficient e%Tidence at pi"esent to determine." Mr. Lynch also alludes 

 (p. 300) to this depiiession, which he says has a diameter of 230 feet. He 

 adds : " Mot a stone is now left of this cirele, the last having been taken away 

 about sixty years ago. There are traces of this circle having been formerly 

 surrounded by a i-ath." There certainly is a cup-shaped depression in the 

 field ; but I think it better to agree with Professor Harkness that there is not 

 sufficient e^"idence to say what it may have been, or indeed to decide upon 

 its natural or artificial origin. Meantime the plan (fig. 5) will show what 

 stones at pi-esent exist, and how they are situated with regard to one another. 

 The highest stone is that numbered 4, and it is 3 feet 10 inches in height. 

 Xo. 2 is 3 feet 7 inches in height, and No. 13 is 3 feet. None of the others 

 comes up to this height, and some axe completely grass-covered. 



