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G — Is fifty -four feet in diameter, and forty- three yards from D. 

 Eight large stones remain in the margin, but the upper portion of 

 the pile is gone, leaving exposed in the interior a long grave, hav- 

 ing the direction of E. 10° Its distance from F is only one 

 yard. 



H — Is forty-nine feet in diameter, and is forty yards from I. The 

 long chamber in the centre of this is also exposed. 



1 — This is the most curious and perfect of all those whose interior 

 chambers now lie partially open. It is forty- two yards from L, and 

 has eight large stones round the base. The direction of the entrance 

 is due east. The interior is circular, as represented in Dia- 

 gram I., thirteen feet in diameter, and is divided into seven niches 

 by flagstones standing out like radii of a circle ; depth not ascer- 

 tained, as the place would first require to be cleared out. The 

 passage leading in is eight feet six inches in length, and four feet 

 six inches wide, having a stone, nine feet in length, lying opposite 

 to it, and forming part of the circumference of the cairn, which is 

 fifty-five feet in diameter. The terminal supporting stone of the 

 passage on the right hand is in form a rude prism of three sides, 

 standing about four feet high, the face hollowed, and beautifully 

 inscribed with stars, &c, as seen in rubbing. 



J — Is thirty-eight feet in diameter, and only four yards from L. 

 Twelve of the large stones which formed its margin still remain. 

 It has been considerably excavated from the top downwards. 



K — Is seven yards from L, and forty-two feet in diameter. Thirteen 

 of the marginal stones still remain, and the interior is excavated in 

 top, as in J. 



L — Is 136 yards in circumference, surrounded by forty- two large 

 stones, laid lengthwise on their edges. Great quantities of the 

 stones have been removed, but the interior has evidently yet to 

 be laid open. A curve inwards in the circumference, of twenty 

 yards in length, indicates the entrance, which has a direction of 

 E. 20° S. The distance from L to D, the two largest cairns, is 185 

 yards. 



We pass from the western summit ; and at the base of the first knoll, 

 before ascending the middle peak, and at the head of a beautiful sloping 

 valley, with several large stones in a line, as if indicating the course of 

 the burial procession as it advanced from the plains, are the remains of 

 three stone circles, close together — fifteen, twenty-two, and twenty-five 

 paces in diameter, respectively, — and evidently the bases of three cairns, 

 whose stones have been found ready at hand for the construction of ad- 

 joining walls. Several of the large stones in the circumference have 

 been recently broken up, and carried away. 



M — Crowning the first knoll are the remains of a cairn, twenty yards 

 in diameter, at present only about four feet high, and without the 

 usual boundary ring of large stones. 



N — On the top of the second knoll are the remains of a cairn, twenty- 



