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had disappeared, having probably been carried away by the 

 sea. The cist was formed of six upright stones, two at each 

 side and one at each end. Four fair sized upright stones 

 formed a semi-circle round it on the South side. The interior 

 was filled with earth to within three to four inches of the top 

 of the side stones beneath the sand and pebbles, and it was 

 washed by the sea at high tides. 



On Tuesday, 18th April, Major Carey Curtis, Mr. 

 Collenette and I went down with Mr. Le Tissier and 

 excavated the interior of the cist, but nothing of interest 

 was discovered in it. We noticed the heads of several stones 

 lying to the South of the cist which seemed to form part of 

 another circle. A few minutes digging in the centre of the 

 circle revealed a large flat stone about 4 feet 6 inches square, 

 split in two, adjoining another stone. On removing the 

 smaller portion of the flat stone, the side and end of another 

 cist was disclosed. The larger portion of the covering stone 

 was then removed and the whole cist was exposed to view. 

 The interior was filled with earth to within 3 inches of the top 

 of the side stones, on Avhich lay a layer of 3 inches of sand. 

 Part of the earth at the North end of the interior was 

 removed to a depth of 2 feet, but only a few small flint flakes 

 and minute fragments of pottery were found. The cist was 

 formed of four flat stones set on edge, two about 3 feet long 

 forming the sides, and two from 20 inches to 2 feet in length 

 forming the ends. It also lay North and South at its longest 

 axis, almost in a line with the first discovered cist. The 

 northern half of its surrounding circle touched that of the 

 other cist. 



Wednesday, 26th April, I went down again to Rousse 

 with Mr. Collenette and Dr. Brownlee to continue the excava- 

 tion of the cists. The remainder of the soil in the southern 

 cist was removed and carefully sifted, but only two or three 

 small fragments of very rotten pottery, of no great thickness, 

 were discovered and a few more flint flakes. The sand and 

 pebbles to the South of the cist were removed and exposed 

 four small stones of the circle on this side, and midway 

 between the two cists another small circle of stones was 

 discovered. The interior of the latter was covered with a large 

 flat stone and a few smaller ones forming a sort of pavement. 

 The East and West sides of the enclosure were formed of two 

 projecting stones of larger size than the remainder. The 

 circle was not more than about 2 feet in diameter. The flat 

 stones were raised and the soil beneath removed to a depth of 

 about 20 inches and carefully sifted. In it were found a few 



