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 A HISTORY OF CORNWALL handsome volume a plan, sketches and description, 1 though they over- looked some of the buried stones. It is much to be regretted that this circle, which Mr. Lukis described as ' the most interesting and remarkable monument in the county,' should have been allowed to reach such a state of ruin and to run the risk of more complete dilapidation, since the stones now standing will certainly fall unless protected in time, and the outline of the bank will disappear. On the landowners must necessarily rest the responsi- bility for the neglect of the prehistoric monuments on their land, and it is to the landlords that the public looks for the protection of these relics of a dim past. LEAZE No. Height Length Breadth Thickness No. Height Length Breadth Thickness ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. I 3 7

2 9 I 2 8 fallen 4 5 1 7 i 5 2 3 3

III I 8 9 3 * leans out i 5 i 5 3 3 6

i 5 I 2 10 3 2

2 3 o 10 4 3 4

2 O I I ii 3 9 leans in I IO i i 5 3 9 leans out i 6 1 3 12 3 6 leans out 1 9 i 4 6 fallen, 4 7 2 6 13 3 6

2 6 O IO built into 14 fallen 4 4 i 4

hedge 15

3 * i 6

7 fallen 5 o 2 4

Leaze Circle is picturesquely situated on a farm of the same name, overlooking the De Lank river. It is in the parish of St. Breward, and Mr. Reynolds of St. Breward is the landowner. Between it and Stripple Stones interpose the mass of Hawk's Tor and the river aforesaid. It stands on the side of a hill, a ruined hedge crosses it north-north-west and south-south-east, and a furze-brake occupies the centre. This is a comparatively small circle for the Bodmin moors, the diameter being only 80 ft. ; the number of stones was perhaps twenty-two originally, but only fifteen and a fragment are now to be seen, the missing stones being doubtless used in constructing the hedge. Only ten stones are standing and five have fallen ; most of the latter are covered by furze and one lies in the hedge. All the stones are of granite, but none are large ; the highest stand 3 ft. 9 in. out of the ground and the largest fallen one measures 5 ft. ; they are particularly well cut, solid and regular in out- line unlike those of any other circle in the county. On the farm are the remains of many hut-circles and barrows, and near to the circle is a curious wide and deep trench, running down the hillside, which may have been a tin stream-work. This circle has been generally overlooked by antiquaries. Lukis and Borlase do not refer to it, and Mr. A. L. Lewis appears to be the only one who has ever mentioned it, 8 but he has not published any plan. He calls attention to the positions of three hills which rise to the eastward, 1 Prehistoric Monuments, pp. 330, pis. viii., ix. 1 Arch. Journ. (1892), xlix. 136 ; Journ. Anthrof. Inst. (Aug. 1895). 392