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(II). Naas, Co. Kildare (Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy XXX 1912-3)); Carrownacaw, Co. Down (Ulster Journal of Arch. XX (1957). 37). (12) See Pembs. Inv. No. 403. (13) Arch. Camb. 1926, I. (14) See Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies XXI, Pt. 3 (Nov. 1965), 250 ff. (15) History of Pembrokeshire (1814), 24 and Plate 1,4. (16). Arch. Camb. 1875, 303; ibid. 1932, 199; Grimes, Prehistory of Wales, 108, fig. 34. (17). South Hill, Talbenny Arch. Journal XCIX (1942),) Sutton 268 barrow, Glam. (Archaeologia LXXXIX (1943) 89-126); Twyn Bryn Glas, Brecs. (B.B.C.S. XIX 56-71). (18) cf. du Chatellier, Epoques prehistoriques dans le Finistere 29-34. (19) Cornish Archaeology III (1964), 15. (20) Porth Dafarch, Anglesey (Arch. Camb. 1878, 34) for beaker:B.B.C.S. XVI (1956), 231 and P.P.S. XXIII 1957). (21) e.g. Llanfyrnach (Prehistory of Wales fig. 55 No. 7).. It may be significant that the fine specimen from Llansantffraed-cwmdeuddwr, Rads. (fig. 55 No. 6) is recorded as having been found "between two upright stones" at the centre of a round cairn, though this description is too imprecise for much weight to be given to it. (22) A short stone pillar was set in the niche at the entrance to the chamber at Barclodiad y Gawres (Powell and Daniel, Barclodiad y Gawres, 12-13 and 32-33 Comparable pillars occurred in the passage at Bryn Celli-ddu, which also has a full size standing-stone in its chamber (Archaeologia LXXX (1930)). (23) B.B.C.S. XX.324. (24x There is also a group of stones of unce-tain character on Waun Mawn at SN 084 340 (See Grimes op. cit.. 149). (25) Further excavation in 1965, after this paper was written, showed that this stone ring was not an isolated phenomenon, but part of a complex system of rings some set in a cobbled platform) walls and pits which extended 50ft. north from the standing-stone. Twenty feet north of the stone was a cremation deposit together with the fragmentary remains of at least two urns, scattered on the old ground surface. All this reinforces the impression of the previous excavation that the standing-stone was a focus of ritual activity, perhaps related in some way to the neighbouring round barrow, temple and burial mound being complementary elements in one sacred site.