An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)
Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 30
this species, was rather a memorial of the agreement between himand Taban. It can scarcely be called an architectural work ; but we should have consideredour notice of the earlier monuments of antiquity incomplete without naming the cairn. 25. (5.) Logan or Rocking Stones.—These were large blocks… … 10 HISTORY OF ARCIIITECTUIIE. IJlok I, Tlie use of these stones has been conjeetureil to be that of testing the innocence of personsaeeiised of crime, tlie rocking of the stone being certain, unless wedged up by the judge ofthe tribunal, in cases wliere he knew the guilt of the criminal: but we…
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