May, 1938 
The Queensland Naturalist 
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pathway. The object of the raised circles was to enable 
the initiates to lie with their heads on the crest of the 
mound, and their feet pointing towards the lire in the 
centre of the circle. 
The large ring is situated near the crest of a hill, on 
the northern side of the railway line, and within a short 
distance of the Ferny Grove Golf Links. Its circumfer- 
ence is 247 feet, while its diameter is 71 feet. 
The centre has been hollowed out, while an outside 
mound of 12^ feet in diameter has been raised above the 
level of the surrounding country. This mound is broken 
by a gap nine feet wide on the southern side, where the 
pathway leads off to the smaller ground. 
The pathway, although it leads roughly in a 
S.S.W. direction is by no means straight, owing prob- 
ably to the interference of large granite boulders, and 
trees which originally clothed the spot. In its best 
parts, it, too, is hollowed out in the centre with a slight 
mound on either side. 
On nearing the railway cutting, it suddenly peters 
out, and on the opposite side of the line is again totally 
obliterated. This leads to the assumption that the rail- 
way was built right through the centre of the ring. How- 
ever, it seems unlikely that tliese people would build one 
ring on a hill crest, and the other in a depression. The 
more natural course seems for each circle to occupy a re- 
spective summit in such undulating country. 
Continuing roughly in a S.S.W. direction, one is 
again rewarded by isolated signs of the pathway, which 
eventually link together, and lead to the smaller ring, 
covering a distance of about 500 or 600 yards. 
This one is in very bad condition, and might easily 
be passed without anything exceptional being noticed. 
It is roughly half the size of the former, being 116i feet 
in circumference and 37 feet in diameter. The diameter 
of the mound itself is 7 feet, while the gap for the 
entrance of the pathway is 5 feet. 
Once the spirit of these grounds promoted mystery 
and awe in the hearts of their black guardians. 
Now it is still ! While each drop of rain melts its 
contours to the surface of its mother earth, and leaves 
the past to misty silence and forgetfulness. 
G. K. JACKSON, 
