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Anthol. Epigr. Again, that they were compofed of 
Stones, appears from the Words, A ativourt r etjoJxcu/Meri 
in Euripides , and fometimes polifhed, t dcpoi y 
rrvj from the fame Author. Parallel to 
this, Mr. Rowland’s Obfervation appears, who found 
a curious Urn in a Carnedd t or Heap of Stones, in 
Angle fey \_Mona Reft. pag. 49.]. So the Britains 
had the fame Cuftom of throwing Stones on the 
Deceafed : Hence comes the Wei ft Proverb, Karn ar 
dy Ben , I’ll betide Thee. 
So, again, Pillars of Stones were eredted as Se- 
pulchral Monuments, near the Ways, or in Memory 
of fome Battle or Vi&ory, as well as for Places of 
Religion and Sacrifices. I need not quote the Eaftern 
Authors fo well known ; only obferve, that they are 
frequent in Cornwall and Wales , were called Meini 
Gwyr , a Stone for Play, perhaps in Memory of 
Funeral Games, and fometimes Llech , i. e. Tabula 
Saxe a: The following is a remarkable one. 
i Stone Pillar. 
This large Stone is called by the Natives Long 
Stone , [Tab. I. N° vi.] and Bands upright on the 
Summit of the Downs, between the Highways after 
they are divided : The End fixed in the Earth has been 
examined above Eight Foot deep, but not difcovered 
how much lower it lies ; above the Surface of the 
Earth the Stone meafures Thirteen Feet in Height, 
Three Feet in Breadth, and Two Feet and half in 
Thicknefs. 
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