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Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 118

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title for the present,as involving no theory, and as sufficing to distinguish them fromthe local Sarsens. None of the blue stones are large; one of the finest (23 in Sir E.Colt Hoares plan) is 7 feet 6 inches high, 2 feet 3 inches wide atbase, tapering to 1 foot on top. The others are generally… … SCALE Plan of Stonehenge restored. in pairs, about 3 feet apart; but some are so completely over-thrown and displaced, that it is not quite clear whether this canbe predicated of all. Entering the choir on the left hand we findone that seems to stand alone. But we may infer that this wasnot always…

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