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outside diameters are from 4 to 5 yards, and the stones 

 forming them — about 12 in a circle — measure about 4 feet 

 by 2 feet and project about 2 feet above the surface ; they 

 are unhewn blocks of the same Manx slate of which the 

 fences and the circle and the rock of the hill are composed. 

 Like the other huts these are also on the line of one of the 

 ancient fences and (also like the rest) occupy a sheltered 

 situation looking to the north (i.e., with an uninterrupted 

 view across the lower ground to the remainder of the Isle 

 of Man). This village has the further advantage of being 

 just above the spring which is known as " Chibbyrt-ny- 

 Grarval," Horse-well. 



One is tempted to suggest that we may have yet 

 another of these ancient villages existing to this day in 

 Cregneash, on the other slope of the hill, about 250 yards 

 to the south of the cairn, and usually regarded as one of 

 the very few typical old Manks villages left. Possibly 

 some indication of this may yet be found by a careful 

 examination of the gardens and bases of the cottages at 

 Cregneash, but in the meantime it is interesting to note 

 that Sir George Head writing in 1837 in his " Home 

 Tour" (Yol. II, p. 23), speaks of a small hamlet near 

 Spanish Head and between " Port-le-Murray " and " Port 

 Irons " which must be Cregneash as " composed of edifices 

 so rude, that it is really hard to predicate of the houses 

 at a little distance, whether they are masses of rock or 

 human dwellings." 



The Stone Circle. 



The most interesting relic on the Meayll Hill is the 

 stone circle which is situated a little way down from the 

 summit at a distance from the cairn of 250 yards in a 

 direction 10° W. of north, and at a height of about 500 

 feet above the sea. Mr. Jeffcott gives this burial place 



