ON THE TRACK OF THE <£ OLD MEN." 
109 
stone, about four feet by three feet The mould is fifteen inches 
long, by eleven inches wide at one end and ten inches at the 
other, and four to five inches deep. There are also two small 
cavities two inches long, three wide, and two deep, between the 
mould and the edge of the stone, perhaps for receiving samples of 
the bulk of the metal in the large mould. So far I have not met 
with similar cavities elsewhere. 
Another stone, not described by Mr. Amery, contains another 
cavity, which has the appearance of a receptacle for molten metal. 
It is seventeen inches long, ten wide at the narrowest end, and 
fifteen inches long at the widest end. At the narrowest end 
it is seven to eight inches deep, whilst at the widest end the 
depth is only three to four inches. Both these measurements of 
depth are increased to nine and ten inches in the centre of the 
cavity. 
Several stones lying about have cavities in them similar to those 
found in other ruins, only instead of being circular they are more 
oval in shape, about eleven to twelve inches long, by seven to 
eight wide, and five deep. 
Heaps of furnace slag, covered with soil and vegetation, occur 
just outside the site of the blowing-house. Flint chips, flakes, 
and scrapers, are to be found on Gobbett Hill near by, and 
although the formation of field walls has doubtless destroyed 
much of the pre-historic remains, there is sufficient evidence left 
to show that there were early inhabitants on this portion of the 
Moor. 
About one mile and a half above the last waterfall in Hawns 
and Dendles, and near Yealm Head, on the eastern bank of 
the river, is the ruin of a blowing-house. A short distance 
beyond, but on the west bank, is another. Mr. Francis Brent first 
drew my attention to these remains ; and I find they have been 
briefly described by Mr. Kelly in 1866 in the Transactions of the 
Devonshire Association, and in the same year in the Journal of the 
Royal Institution of Cornwall. 
The title of each paper is, "Celtic Kemains on Dartmoor," 
and the description of the ruins of rectangular buildings is 
associated with that of hut circles and other pre-historic British 
remains. Mr. Thomas Kelly gives illustrations of the mould 
stones in both these blowing-houses; and it is to be noted with 
