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two great festivals. Magic ritual would attempt to secure life,, 

 fecundity in this world and a future life in another world. A 

 stone pillar stood at the centre of the circle, and round it went 

 the ritual processions. The direction taken would be with the 

 sun — the Deasil turn — if the object was to invoke a plentiful 

 harvest, while the reverse direction, called Tuaphol, would be 

 taken in order to curse an enemy's crops. 



Mr. Hey wood Sumner, F.S.A. , who had kindly come 

 over to meet the Society, was asked to speak. He 

 emphasised the connection between the Rings and Disk 

 barrows, and wished the main purpose of the Rings and the 

 meaning of the direction of the line through the barrows and the 

 centre of the Ring to be carried to a suspense account till more 

 had been learned from excavation. In the neighbourhood were 

 several cases of barrows in line, the direction being N.W. and 

 S.E., N. and W. and E. and W. A line of round barrows might 

 also represent a rank, not a file. 



After tea at Horton Inn the party drove back to Bournemouth.. 



