Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)
Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 194
hemon their points for the sake of hiding them again. Besides that,the supports do not and could not form a chamber. The earthwould have fallen in on all sides, and the connexion between theroof and the floor been cut off entirely, even before the whole wascompleted. Or, to take another example,… … 50. Dolmen at Plas Newydd. From Aicha3olog;a Cambrensis. merely intended as a roofing stone, one a third or fourth of itsweight would have been equally serviceable and equally effectivein an architectural point of view, if buried. The mode of archi-tectural expression which these Stone men best…
Megalithic monuments
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