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mined. The evident purpose of the rock-cut sockets was the 
erection of dwellings. The cromlechs and the cave afford 
proof positive that the hill was inhabited^ while the infinite 
labour with which the rocky hill must have been levelled and 
the sockets cut, the exact dimensions, elaborate arrangement, 
and probable palatial character of the buildings themselves 
seem to point to the fact that the beings who constructed 
and occupied them were no mean order of men. 
