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which it was composed are thrown about in confusion. It appears, however, 

 to have been of the cruciform type, of which G and K, described below, are 

 the most conspicuous examples now surviving in the group. But it is so 

 injured that it is impossible to be certain about its original form. The 

 Ordnance map, which omits nearly all the more conspicuous earns of the 

 series, has recorded this comparatively insignificant example. 



This earn has the distinction of being, so far as we could learn, the only 

 structure of the group which has a distinctive name. This is English, " The 

 Leprechaun's house." The name seems to indicate that it stood open, and 

 fairly complete, so suggesting the idea of a " house," till it was wrecked by 

 the fence-builders. 



D. — This earn is about 50 feet to the south of C. It is ruined to its 

 foundations. There are traces of a kerb of large stones, standing on end, 

 and of a passage in the south-east face, running in a north-westerly direction 

 into the earn, and ending in a cist. The earn, accordingly, seems to have 

 afl&nities with H ; but, being so ruined, satisfactory measurements cannot be 

 taken, nor can it be planned with certainty. 



E. — This remarkable structiu'e is quite different from all the other earns 

 of the series, though the general appearance of the building, and the scanty 

 remains found within it, forbid our referring it definitely to a different 

 stratum of civilisation, as we were at first inclined to do. It is a long, low 

 moimd (see Plate XII, fig. 1), 120 feet in length, and 35 feet in maximimi 

 breadth. The height is about 8 feet in the middle, but it decreases at each 

 end. The long axis hes about N.N.W. and S.S.E. (the compass-bearing is 

 160°). Traces of a kerb exist at the sides, as wlH appear from the plan 

 (Plate XVII). At the S.S.E. end is an arrangement of large slabs on end, 

 the disposition of which can scarcely be described in words. A glance at the 

 plan will, however, convey to the reader a good idea of the arrangement. The 

 large slab at the inner end is 12 feet long, 9 inches thick, and stands about 

 3 feet high. It is difficult to explain this structure : it is not like a ruined 

 cist or chamber, but looks as though it had been intended to represent a large 

 X^orch. The horned long barrows, of which that at Uley is the typical 

 example, are also distinctly recalled by this curious part of the earn. In 

 any case, the " porch," if such it be, is blind, and the greater part of the earn 

 consists simply of piled stones, as we proved by cutting several trenches 

 across the mound. Just behind the porch, on the eastern slope of the cam, 

 is a flagstone, 4 feet by 5 feet 6 inches, with some other stones underneath it, 

 which has the appearance of being the cover- slab of a cist. This we raised, 

 but found no construction or deposit below. Only at the N.X.W. end there 

 is a small group of cists. This had long been open, and had fallen into ruin 

 Plate Xil, fig. 2, represents it in the state in whicli we found it. 



