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where is now Doyle's Column, and where the old earthwork or Castle of Jerbourg:' once stood. They halted at the stone, now destro)-ed, which stood north of a well which still remains. It was a flat slab of rock about a yard long by two feet broad, standing on either a stone pillar or on rough masonry, and raised about two feet from the ground. It probably was once a boundary of the Fief de Jerbourg ; and quite near there stood La Croix de Jerbourg.*'

From Jerbourg the cavalcade joined the pions at Le Bourg, opposite the Forest Church, and here the ritual dance was performed as before. Sir Edgar MacCulloch {Gnenisiy Folklore, p. 127) states that on this spot an upright stone, called La Roque des Fees, once stood, but it was destroyed when the road was widened. Another stone, distinguished by its cup-markings, is now built into the wall at Le Bourg. It was originally used as a mounting stone, and is known as the " Perron du Roi," this name being rudely incised on it. This was once the limits of the Royal Fief. From this stone those members of the Chevauchee who had dismounted were supposed to regain their saddles, and an Ordonnance of the Royal Court, dated 1828," points out that it had been moved from its original position, on the opposite side of the road, and. recommends that it should be replaced and kept to its former use as a " montoir."

On leaving the Forest Parish they moved on by Les Brulliots, and passing the site of the original Church of Torteval arrived at a house called the Chateau des Pezeries at Pleinmont, where a marquee was erected, and cold meats and wine were provided for the horsemen. The

^-The Gazette de Guernezey, li™« Juin 1825, says: — "A Jerbourg, oil il y avait dit-on autrefois un autel des Druids, pour manifester le mepris qu'in- spirent ces restes d'idolatrie, ils execulaient — a ce qu'on assure — dans les premiers tems sur ce pretendu autel, une ceremonie qui nous rapelle I'expe- dient auquel Gulliver eut recours pour etiendre les flammes qui embrassaient le palais de Tempereur de Lilliput."

"^ Keciieil (fOrdonnanceSf II, p. 355.