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 31
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… … S^-Hw, rocks as to leave an oi)ening betweenthem, through which an object could bepassed. It is the general o])inion in Corn-wall that invalids were cured of their_ diseases by being passed through tiie^ ojjening al)ove mentioned. The moststupendous monument of this kind, (seefit/. 8.) says…
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