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

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 180

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or groups of two tall stones standing side by side,like those in the inner circle at Stonehenge. Mr. Booke dug infront of one of these, with the intention of seeing now deep it wasin the ground, but to his astonishment he found a cist formed ofsix perfectly well fitted hewn stones, but measuring… … Rose Hill Tumulus. From the Archteologia, vol. x. stones, and nearer the centre of the circle, a third cist, formedequally of hewn and well fitted stones. In all three of these werefound human bones, fragments of skulls, teeth, &c, but no imple-ments or ornaments of any sort, only under one…

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