110 MEETINGS. 



The kiln has unfortunately been destroyed by blasting opera- 

 tions in the quarry opened near its site, but was inspected a 

 few years ago, before it had been entirely blown away, by a 

 few members of the Society. Some of the bricks and clay of 

 which it was composed are now in the Gruille-Alles 'Museum. 

 A few fragments of burnt clay from the remnants of the kiln 

 were secured by some of the party. At this quarry, in a cut- 

 ting, Mr. Collenette showed those interested signs of the 

 glacial epoch through which the Island had passed at an 

 unknown period, and pointed out the layers of clay and 

 gravel which had been deposited at the place indicated, by the 

 movement of the ice. 



The party then proceeded through La Route des Cha- 

 pelle to the house called St. Magloire, in the neighbourhood of 

 which Mr. Collenette said at one time two chapels existed, La 

 Grande and La Petite Chapelle. Unfortunately no trace is 

 left of either. 



The party visited the house now known as St. Magloire, 

 which has the reputation of being the oldest in the Vale 

 Parish. Tradition says it was built in the year 1111. It 

 certainly is extremely old, as may be gathered from the 

 enormous thickness of the walls and the smallness of the 

 windows. On the south side there is a circular staircase in 

 stone — about 15 steps — which leads to the chamber. The 

 roof is thatched, and the principals are composed of timber of 

 the roughest description, and apparently of great antiquity. 

 The flooring is supported by strong beams, also very roughly 

 finished. Some of the beams consist of vessels' masts or 

 bowsprits, which are said to have been taken from wrecks 

 which occurred on the coast of the Vale. There is an enor- 

 mous fireplace. It is so large, that to meet modern require- 

 ments part of it has had to be partitioned off. In the north 

 vail, which is about three feet thick, an alcove was made of 

 sufficient depth to accommodate household utensils of consi- 

 derable diameter. The interior, throughout, is certainly one 

 of the quaintest which can be seen in the Island. 



With regard to St. Magloire or St. Maglorius, to whom 

 the chapels which stood near by at a very distant period 

 were dedicated, he was a nephew of St. Sampson, explained 

 Mr. Curtis to the party, and was born of noble parents in the 

 diocese of Vannes in the year 535. At an early age he 

 was educated by his uncle and returned with him to Dol. On 

 his uncle's death, Magloire succeeded him as Archbishop of 

 Dol. But he soon tired of his dignity, and retired from the 

 world, and tried to end his days in quiet. But the fame of 



