[74] Ure's Kilbride, p. 213. [75] Itin. Septen. p. 42. [76] Sinclair's Statistical Account, vol. viii. p. 497. [77] This point has been conclusively established in the valuable communications of Mr. F. C. Lukis to the Archæological Journal, _on the Primeval Antiquities of the Channel Islands_, vol. i. pp. 142, 222. The original merit, however, of showing that cromlechs are "sepulchral chambers," and not "Druidical altars," is, I believe, due to a well-known and zealous antiquary, Mr. John Bell, of Dungannon, who published his views in the Newry Magazine, 1816, vol. ii. p. 234, from whence they were copied into various other journals. [78] E. B. Barrett. [79] Martin's Western Isles, p. 220. [80] Archæol. Scot. vol. iii. p. 43. [81] Journal of Brit. Archæol. Association, vol. iii. p. 342. [82] While this sheet is passing through the press, I have had an opportunity of exploring this cromlech. The natural rock was laid bare at a very little depth without meeting with the slightest traces of sepulchral remains, and were it not for the remarkable line of perforations along the centre of the capstone, the whole might have been ascribed to a natural origin. It was found impossible, however, to get directly under the great stone, without the risk of overthrowing the whole. [83] MS. Letter, George Petrie, Kirkwall. [84] Archæol. Scot. vol. iii. p. 42. [85] Archæol. Scot. vol. ii. pp. 77, 100. [86] Archæol. Scot. vol. iii. p. 48. [87] Archæol. Scot. vol. iii. p. 49. [88] Ure's Kilbride, p. 213. [89] MS. Letter, G. W. Knight, Libr. Soc. Antiq. Scot. 1829. [90] Ure's Rutherglen, p. 223. CHAPTER IV. DWELLINGS.