Mr. Tate on Yevering Bell; &c. 443 



the south side of White law ; it is of an oval shape 37 feet 

 by 27 feet ; some rude small chambers were exposed, in 

 which charred wood was found at the depth of 1 foot. 



Fortified dwellings and hut circles 7iorth of White laio. 

 A deep and craggy gorge separates Gleedscleugh from White 

 law, but at its western termination it widens into a valley 

 which extends to the brow of the hill overlooking the broader 

 valley between White law and Yevering Bell ; and here, 

 there are several Fortlets and circular huts ; a fe^v of which 

 were explored, with little result excepting in one case. One 

 very singular Fortlet was partly explored — Plate XV, fig. 

 D — with walls 4 feet 8 inches in width, and with complicated 

 internal arrangements ; there are enclosures within it of con- 

 siderable size and one circle is 28 feet in diameter. A long 

 enclosure was cleared, but no relics were discovered. 



Other circular dwellings are grouped near to this Fortlet, 

 varying in size from 20 feet to 80 feet in circumference. In 

 one of these of an oval shape — Plate XV. fig. F — 24 feet by 

 16 feet, charred wood was discovered on and around a flat 

 stone in the centre, which doubtless was the hearth-stone of 

 the primitive hut. 



Further westAvard, about 200 yards, there is another cluster 

 of dwellings near to a Fortlet which is of a squarish form 

 rounded at the corners, and 45 feet by 40 feet. {Plate XV. 

 fig. E.) Three of the huts which are from 10 feet to 15 feet 

 in diameter were explored ; but no relics were discovered. 



Most of the huts in all these valleys are of very rude 

 structure. They are indeed little more than shallow pits, set 

 round with stones ; but in many cases advantage has been 

 taken of the slope of the ground, by digging the circles out 

 of the hill side, so that excepting about the entrance, a low 

 natural wall is obtained for the hut. 



BARROWS. 



Worm law Barrow. On Worm law, which is elevated 

 ground in the valley about 900 yards north-east of the sum- 

 mit of Yevering Bell, a Barrow was explored. It was 120 

 feet in circumference, but of inconsiderable height, and 

 formed of stones and earth. At the depth of 2 feet a Cist- 

 vaen was discovered, made like other Ancient British inter- 

 ments of slabs, (in this case porphyry,) set on edge ; tAvo 

 slabs formed the east side, one the west side ; another was at 

 the west end with a smaller upright stone inserted in the 

 corner ; there was neither a covering stone nor one at the 



