Rude stone monuments in all countries; their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 196
ry extensive group of monuments—eightycairns, at least, are still to be counted in an area less than half amile in length, by a quarter of a mile in width. Tliese are mostlysmall, 12 to 15 feet in diameter; one, 20 feet across, was openedby Sir Gardner Wilkinson, but proved to contain no… … 52. Plan of Arthurs Quoit. even now, but a very large piece has been broken off, and now liesbeside it, measuring upwards of 3 feet in thickness; and anotherpiece seems to have been broken off on the otlier end, so that whencomplete it must have weighed between 35 and 40 tons. It restedoriginally…
Megalithic monuments
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