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Druidical Antiquities
Published by S. Hooper April 16, 1784; the illustration is signed Goodnight Sculpt. [more...] |
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No. 1 from the Druidical Antiquities
The caption for this engraving of an obelisk just says NÂș1. [more...] |
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Carne or Carnedd, from the Druidical Antiquities plate
A cairn is a pile of stones or rocks used to mark a place, perhaps a burial. [more...] |
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Kist-vain, from the Druidical Antiquities plate
This is an engraving of a kist-tomb. [more...] |
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Cromleh near Dundalk Ireland, from the Druidical Antiquities plate.
This is an engraving of Proleek Dolmen, part of a megalithic portal tomb, although this should not be taken to imply that there is a burial chamber. The capstone is almost four metres long and over three wide (twelve feet by four [...] [more...] |
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Cromleh near Plaisnewdd in Anglesea
The modern spelling of Plaisnewdd is Plas Newydd; this megalithic burial chamber is near the National Trust site at Bryn Celli Ddu in Anglesey (Ynys Mon). [more...] |
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Lanyon Cromleh Cornwall. From the Druidical Antiquities plate.
This appears to be an engraving of a dolmen called Lanyon Quoit in Cornwall. [more...] |
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Tolmen St. Mary’s Scilly. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.
This Tolmen Stone on St Mary’s, the largest of the the Isles of Scilly, was destroyed in 1869 by explosives, so that the granite underneath it could be quarried. [more...] |
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