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The cruciform shape of a chamber or a device must not lead to the 
pinion that it is Christian ; it is more likely to be a symbol of the 
un. 
1 2 3 
<2) ® 
'igs. 1, 2, 10, and 11 represent the Sun. 
from Cyprus ; figs. 3, 4, 5, and 10, 
Zuni; figs. 7 and 12, from India; 
Cloud Zuni. 
Fig. 1, from Dowth ; figs. 2, 6, 8, 13, 
from Loughcrew; figs. 9 and 11, from 
fig. 14, from Hail Zuni; fig. 16, from 
I do not pretend to explain the devices on Dowth, but merely wish 
ID give a clue to further investigation and comparison. I think that 
bere can be little doubt that these markings are astronomical, or con- 
ected with the elements when these e:ffected the feelings and habits 
f the people at the time they were made, doubt, some of the 
larkings tend to the belief that they were made to illustrate the 
amifications of the rath they were made in, or in surrounding similar 
itructures. 
Those especially on the rocks near to Staigue Port in Xerry lead 
ae to this theory. Those were partially examined by the late Lord 
)unraven ; but much more remains to be done, and a careful investi- 
;ation of the Aicha remains of that part of the country ought to be 
lade. 
