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similar character are to be seen at Glen Aldyn, Lezayre, 

 near Ramsey. There is a ring tumulus consisting of a circle 

 of white quartz boulders about 40 feet in diameter. On 

 the south a portion of the rubble mound remains, exposing 

 a cist (see fig. 19) 3ft. by 1ft. 6in., and 2ft. high (inside 



Fig. 19. Stone Cist at Glen Aldyn. (Photograph by M. MeWhannell.) 



measurements). There were other similar cists, con- 

 taining urns and ashes, which were exposed when the 

 greater joart of the surrounding circular mound was 

 removed in making the mountain road about 300 yards 

 above. It is probable that the circular mound on the 

 Braid, if excavated, would show similar chambers. 



The Bronze period in the Isle of Man was not merely 

 a stage in civilisation. There is no reason to doubt that 

 the Xeolithic people here were the same Iberian, pre- 

 Aryan folk who occupied the rest of the British Islands 

 for a lengthy period previous to the arrival of the Celts. 

 Similarly we may quote Professor Boyd Dawkins' words 



