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(1886) [MARC] Author: Carl Bovallius
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PI. 38.

A cross, or rather three crosses within one another, the outermost carved
with coarser lines than the inner ones. The height of the innermost cross

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was 15 cm., of the second 22 cm., and.of the third or uttermost 38 cm.

k

pi. 39.

Two crosses within each other, encircled by a curved line, forming an
angle at every one of the corners of the outer cross. The lines of the inner
cross were nearly six cm. broad. At the upper and lower ends of the outer
cross was an isolated rectangular elevation, and a more or less square one
in each of the angles of the cross. The length of the inner cross was 16 cm.,
of the outer one, 28 cm. The greatest diameter of the surrounding curved
figure was 48 cm.

All the above described rock-carvings, viz. a—k, were to be found on
the level summit of Cerro de Pantheon; k was situated almost at the centre
of the plateau, its upper short arm pointing exactly northwards. This
circumstance may perhaps be fortuitous; nevertheless it ought to be mentioned,
because the arms of i are also directed towards the four principal points of
the compass. Pretty near a was the beginning of a small round water-worn
rock-hollow, 30 cm. in diameter.

I

PI. 39.

A winding line, one end of which formed a not quite regular spiral, and
the middle portion several irregular flexions and angles, the other extremity
being perfectly straight. This winding line was cut in the solid rock at the
promontory Punta de Pantheon.

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