feet. 



in 



182 







14 



6 



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walls. As the section (lig. 19) shows, this circle consists of (1) a circular bank 

 with («) a circle of stones surrounding and standing up from its outer border, 

 and (h) a stone wall of slabs lining the upper bank directed towards the centre 

 of the circle. (2) A central bank surrounded by a series of stones along its 

 outer edge. The following are the measurements of these parts : — 



Extreme width of the greater circle, . 



Width of bank of outer circle, 



Extreme width of central circle, . 



Height of outer surface of main bank from the 



ground, 3 



Depth of space between the two circles below 



outside ground about, . . . . 2 6 



Height of bank of inner circle, . . . . 1 6 to 3 



It would appear therefore that the bank supporting the inner circle, and 

 possibly also that of the outer circle, had been heaped up from earth in the 

 interior of the space, and this will therefore account for the fact that the floor 

 between the two circles is at a lower level than the circumjacent field. The 

 outer circle, as already stated, is very much broken up ; and it is impossible to 

 say of how many stones it may originally have consisted, or even with any 

 approach to certainty how many of the stones now existing belong to the 

 ancient structure. There are thirty-three stones in the central circle (see 

 fig. 17), mosD of them being placed very close to one another. They are of 

 tabular limestone, and the highest is 4 feet. This inner circle for a short 

 distance on the eastern side is doubled — that is to say, there is a pathway 

 between two rows of the stones. Fifteen feet east of this double-ranked portion 

 is a straight bank co-extensive in length with the double-ranked part, and 

 bordered by four smaller-sized stones. There is no other sign of double- 

 ranking in this circle. The double-ranked part is 11 feet wide where it 

 exists, and 30 feet in length. The bank with the four stones is therefore 

 also 30 feet. 



"P." 



The smaller or southern circle is situated a few yards from the greater. 

 It is a flat-topped mound surrounded externally with slabs of limestone, some 

 of which project above the level of the baiak, others being practically co- 

 terminous with it and covered with grass above. No stone projects more 

 than 18 inches above the height of the bank. The extreme width of this 

 circle is 33 feet, and the surface of the mound is 3 feet above the, level of the 



