A description of Stonehenge on Salisbury plain ...1809 |
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ACCOUNT OF STONEHENGE adytum altar Altar-stone Ambrosius Anaraith ancient Andraste Anno appears architrave Aurelius Aurelius Ambrosius Belgæ bloudie battle breadth British buried Cæsar called The Friar's Cangi Cangick Giants Celtic languages centre circular ditch circumference composed cubits Cursus Danes deities diameter distance Divitiacus Druids earth east ellipsis entrance erected feet nine inches feet six inches Friar's Heel Gaur Glad-er-haf Goddesse of Victorie ground half Haradon Hill height henge hexagon hundred cubits impost inner Killaraus King line of pillars long barrow lying Merlin miles Monument mortised north-east observed old Britons Old Sarum original outer circle outward circle oval pieces remains right line Romans rude Salisbury Plain Saxon side solstice standing Stanenges Stonage Stonehenge avenue struc structure supposed Temple tenon thick thirty upright three feet tion trench trilithon ture Tuscan order upright pillars upright stones vallum view of Stonehenge Vortigern ward circle whole Wiltshire writer