feet above the sea level. It is surrounded by a circular stone fence, the form of which shows it to have been drawn by an arbitrary hand, probably to keep off the settlers of the plain, and the construction of which differs from modern mural erections. It is held by the lords of Millom, by a peppercorn acknowledgement, which is to be paid on Christmas Day, at the castle of Millom, and a substantial repast is ordered to be provided on the occasion. The ancestors of the present proprietor, J. S. Myers, Esq., of Po House, purchased it from the Huddlestons. The objects worthy of notice on Lacra, are a kirk or keil called "Old Kirk," two stone circles, three artificial platforms or terraces, an enclosure dyke, and an extensively furrowed surface. "Old Kirk" consists at present of an irregular heap of ruins, fifty yards long by twenty-five in width, which, in the lapse of ages has been coated over with soil and grass. Originally, the area was encircled by upright shafts, five or six feet in height, but about forty years ago, these were either rooted up, or broken off for gate posts. It is fortunate, however, that the stumps of several still remain to mark their position, as we are thus enabled to recall the appearance it then presented. Besides the upright unhewn posts before mentioned, there still remain two boulders set on end, after the manner of those set in stone circles here and elsewhere. From the state of the remains, it is impossible to say to what use the place was devoted. An investigation would probably lay aside conjecture. The kirk or keil is described as "consisting of a small enclosed area occupied "with graves, in the centre of which are the ruins of an ancient 'church, generally of a quadrangular form, and of diminutive "proportions." On the western side, at a distance of fifty yards, are the remains of a wall or dyke, four feet in breadth, composed of stone and earth, and forming apparently an enclosure to Old Kirk. The entrance appears to have been at one of the angles, which is a position unique in modern enclosures. At a short distance eastward are three terraces or platforms, rising one above the other. They are evidently artificial, and may have been used for public gatherings, as the Tynwald Hill, in the Isle of Man. Of the two stone circles, the lower one is the most perfect, wanting only one stone to make it complete. They have been eight in number, of the boulder type, and have formed a hexagaon, one at the centre, and two near together, at the eastern angle. The arrangement arrangement of the stones is nearly mathematically c being about six yards apart, and the same distance fro centre. The upper circle is situated near to the farm of Lacra. It is of the same dimensions as the lower, hexagon form, with one stone lately removed and one ing. Here again are two stones placed at the e angle. This fact is significant with regard to the cin these parts, the entrance to the Swineside circle being the eastern side. The summit of the hill at a subsequen but beyond record, has been brought under the domin the ploughshare. The furrows, which run in all directions from five feet to nine feet in distance, and the work has done at a time when no enclosure existed on Lacra. plough may be traced to the verge of the steep, round the of the conical eminences, over the surfaces of rocks still bea the grooves made by the ponderous ploughshare, and thr the stone circles in regular line, without disturbing, to great extent, the stones of which they are composed. the nature of the work done it is manifestly that of oxen it is a fair inference that the race which then held domin had no regard or veneration for the the works of their prede sors, whose customs, religion, and government were as un telligible to them as to us. About half-a-mile to the west the "Giant's Grave." It consists of two hugh unhewn ston fifteen feet apart, profusely covered with shaggy lichen. taller one, said to be at the head of the grave, is ten feet height; the lesser is eight feet in height. There is a cular cavity on one of these stones (the larger), on the in side, about three inches in diameter, and one-and-half depth. The grey lichen, which covers the stone, is found al in the cavity, testifying to the antiquity of the mark. It appear to have been made by some blunt instrument, as a flint head or obtusely pointed drill. Dr. Simpson has drawn attention to these marks, and discovered them at Long Meg, and else where. This mark forms an important connecting link of identity between the west of Cumberland and the Eden Valley antiquities. These stones give the name of "Standing Stones" to the farm on which they are situated. In a cliff near Kirksanton is the Giant's Chair, being a seat with a per pendicular rock behind.. The " Giant," as the legend goes, was slain in battle, and buried between the Standing Stones. It is somewhat singular, that no implement, either of war or of peace, has been preserved from Lacra; but in 1824, a British battle-axe |