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 346 THE MAIDEN WAY, the Sussex downs, on the cultivated hills of Surrey, as well as in Aberdeenshire, Morayshire, the Shetland, and the Orkney Islands. They are situated on the banks of the Boyne, as well as on the banks of the Nile ; they are seen in the neighbourhood of the Black Sea, as well as scattered over the vast plains of Central Asia ; and they accompany the m3^thology of the Norsemen of Europe. Whether they are found, therefore, in Egypt, on the banks of the Euxine, along the shores of the Mediterranean, or throuirhout the whole northern regions of Europe, if they do not furnish an argument in favour of the Asiatic origin of the early northern races, they at least afford evidences of a primitive state of society, through which the races occupying those different localities have passed to higher grades of civilisation. (520 yards.) From the Langknowe Cairn the Maiden Way aims a little more to the north-east in a direct line towards the Shepherd's cottage, called Tweeden-head, and passing down the side of Tweeden lligg, it arrives at about 1120 yards at the remains of an ancient building, called the Old Fold, which may have been auother Mile Castle. The foundations of the outer wall show that it has been 41 yards long, and 37 yards broad ; and there are the traces of three smaller buildings within it. The outer wall is merely a row of loose stones, generally of small size, as all the princijial stones have been removed, and used in the erection of the cottage and out-buildings at Tweeden- head. (700 yards.) At 1820 yards it crosses the Tweeden Burn on the east side of Tweeden-head Cottage, and some large stones appear on the south side of the Burn, as if an em- bankment had been made for crossing it. Several stones, exhibiting the appearance of R(tnian masonry, may be seen both in the old and the new buildings. An old road, called the Cadger Road, here joins it and passes along it for a short distance. (.OijO yards.) Proceeding straight onwards up the hill from Tweeden Burn, at 2)) 70 yards it i)asses an old stcll, or 8hee[>fold, near some large rocks called the Spy Ci-ag, from which a very extensive view may l)e obtaineil. There are three small mounds of stones near it which may have been graves. (S.'iO yards.) Advancing lbrwai"<ls, acioss the end of'.-i Uigg,