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siderable irregularities in the spacing, but through it all the diameters and diagonals intersect with 

 great exactitude at the point where the centre-stone has been. 



It is not necessary to dwell on the unequal distances of the stones, as the figure is fully 

 dimensioned. The parallelogram is approximately 69 ft. long by 47 ft, broad. The tallest stone 

 is 13 in. wide, 6 in. thick, and 24 in. high. All stones point one way, along the length of the 

 figure (approximately north and south), 

 except the north-west and south- 

 west corner stones, which lie at right 

 angles to this. To the south, and 

 about 30 ft. distant, lies a triangle, 



which makes no attempt at equilateral HOR.IZ ♦Z'-So' 



symmetry, its north side being 1 7 ft. 

 9 in., west side 24 ft. 6 in., and 

 south-east side 28 ft. 2 in. There 

 is no parallelism or precise alignment 

 between the members of the triangle 

 and of the parallelogram. Were it 

 not for the exact accuracy of the 

 work where it was evidently intended 

 to be precise it might be suggested 

 that the south-east side of the triangle 

 was designed to point to the south- 

 east corner of the parallelogram and 

 the west side of the triangle to the 

 south-west corner.^ 



Ancient Roads 



Devonshire in p r e- 

 Roman times evidently con- 

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 paratively cultured popula- 

 tion. They were skilled 

 workers in bronze and iron, 

 and efficient potters. We 

 know from Caesar that, like 

 the Veneti, they built better 

 ships than the Romans. 



These people had roads 

 or trackways linking their 

 villages and camps, and in 

 addition to this, main roads 

 connecting them with other 

 parts of Britain. The minor 

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Fig. 27. — Parallelogram and Triangle, Furzehill Common, 



OVER HoAROAK WaTER 



and there trackways of great 

 antiquity may be seen. Some 

 branched from Exeter and 

 others traversed the northern and southern regions of the county. 



The very ancient roads entered Devonshire from the eastward. There 

 was the coast rpad, which the Romans used as their route between Durnono- 



' These curious monuments, presumably coeval with the barrows, are being subjected to further 

 examination, and it is to be hoped some additional light will be thrown on their meaning. 



