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of the stone down to the natural soil. On the southern side 

 two other stones were discovered, also lying east and west, 

 about 15 inches from, and parallel to, the one first discovered. 

 They were each between 5 and 6 feet long by from 12 to 15 

 inches square, and were placed end to end, but at a lower level 

 than the first. The soil excavated was moved ground mixed 

 with fragments of stone, not a trace of pottery, limpet shells 

 or black earth, usually denoting internments, could be found. 

 It is difficult to determine the object of these stones. The 

 two lying end to end might have formed part of the circle 

 surrounding the mound, but as far as we could tell by 

 carefully sounding, no other stones were near them. The 

 single stone to the north of them was of much greater depth 

 and looked as if it might have been intended to form part of a 

 secondary cist, but no trace of other stones could be discovered 

 to the north of it, where from its position they should have 

 been found if this was the case. Further, at about a foot 

 from the surface of the mound, the soil was so indurated as to 

 almost resemble natural soil, and cannot have been moved for 

 centuries, probably not since the mound was erected by 

 neolithic man, proving that no cist had been destroyed at 

 this spot in modern times. 



Basin excavated on boulder on beach at N.W. point 

 of L'Eree. 



On our first examination of the mound of the dolmen of 

 Le Creux des Fees, our attention was drawn by Mr. John 

 Nicolle, caretaker of Colonel Walters, of L'Eree, to a basin 

 excavated on a boulder lying on the beach about 100 yards 

 due north of the stone seat at the extreme north-westerly 

 point of the promontory of L'Eree. The stone is a waterworn 

 boulder of irregular shape, about 3 feet in length, 2 feet 

 4 inches in depth, and 1 foot 9 inches in breadth at the widest 

 part of its upper surface. It lies about east and west at its 

 longest axis, slightly tipped towards the south-east. On the 

 upper side of the boulder is excavated a basin or trough of 

 irregular shape 2 feet 10 inches long by 1 foot 7 inches in 

 breadth at its widest part, the rim being about one inch in 

 width and depth 2 inches. The bottom of the basin is 

 comparatively flat, but is pitted with small circular depressions 

 as if the structure of the stone had been broken up by heavy 

 blows from some convex object. The excavation appears 

 very ancient and shows no trace of having been worked by 

 metal tools. The regularity of the rim and the depth of 

 cavity shows that it had undoubtedly been made by man, and 



