Mr. Tate oti Yevering Bell, &c. 451 



the legend, dug round the circle, but alas ! he discovered too 

 much, for instead of twelve he found thirteen stones — an un- 

 lucky number, and hence no gold rewarded his labours I 



PLAN OF THE THREE STONE BURN STONE CIRCLE, 

 DISTINGUISHING THE FIVE STONES NOW^ STANDING UPRIGHT. 



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All the stones are of the porphyry or syenite, which form 

 the hills around ; the sizes are various, the smallest being 21 

 inches and the largest 5 feet 5 inches high. The three tallest 

 stones, each being 5 feet or more, are prostrate. Two stand- 

 ing are 3 feet 9 inches and 4 feet high, the former being the 

 bulkiest of the whole, for it is 10 feet round, and weighs, I 

 calculate, about 2 tons. It is not necessary to suppose, that 

 these stones had been brought from any distance ; for the 

 valley is covered with gravel and rolled blocks, which are 

 especially large by the side of the burn. Such mountain 

 streams, when flooded with a heavy rain-fall, have immense 

 power in transporting rocks from the higher to the lower 

 grounds. One great block, now lying in the burn, and not 



