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soldiers built this Fort, the manager of public works giving 
his assistance." I inserted this paragraph in the shape of 
a letter to the editor of our local paper, and the following 
is an extract of remarks made upon it : — " Our valued 
correspondent, Dr. Pritchard, mentioned the Fort at 
Dunsley. The editor of the Archaeological Mine says this 
name is of Celtic origin, and is derived from Dun, a height, 
and Ley, meadow — thus, " the meadow" or " pasture land 
on the height ;" whilst the etymology of Fi-ley is " the culti- 
vated land." Cairn Head is again singularly expressive of 
a mortuary memorial. In fact, when we look at the ety- 
mologies of our district, we find them, one and all, of Celtic 
origin, and significant of position or of some peculiarity. 
I should not omit to mention that on the ceDtre stone (of 
the five peculiar ones already described) a rudely carved 
stag, followed by a dog or wolf, was in a good state of 
preservation on the south upper step of the stone. 
The site of foundations and depth of the floor of the 
structure was buried four feet beneath fine mould and clay, 
very little unevenness of the earth's surface marking the 
position of the remains ; and yet there does exist a kind 
of indentation as of an old ditch or fosse, dividing the pro- 
montory from the main land. The last coin found had 
" Titus" distinctly upon it, also one of " Augustus Severus," 
in plain characters. I regret the excavations have been 
brought to an abrupt termination for the present, but we hope 
to renew them another year, not more than one-fourth of the 
barrow having been opened. Some of the pottery we have 
reconstructed into its original form. The last found vessels 
had all the marks of those described as being found at 
Pompeii, — the bright red earthenware. 
The immense accumulation of animal bones is difficult 
to account for. So far, I have made out those of sheep, 
deer, wolf, fox, fowl, (especially several cock spurs and legs,) 
