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34.—Stones at Stanton Drew
Stanton Drew stone circles lie on private land today, so you need permission to visit them. The Great Circle is one of the largest megalithic stone circles in England. The date from the [...] [more...] |
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35.—Round Tower of Donoughmore.
“It is easy to understand how the same religion prevailing in neighbouring countries might produce monuments of a similar character; but we find the same in the far east, in lands separated from ours by pathless deserts and wide seas. So it is with those remarkable structures, the Round Towers of Ireland; which were considered ancient even in the twelfth [...] [more...] |
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36.—Kit’s Coty House near Aylesford, Kent
Kit’s Coty House is a neolithic chambered tomb. It is mentioned in Pepys’ diary, but has suffered damage since this plate was made. [more...] |
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37.—Kit’s Coty House.
Sheep graze by the neolithic burial tomb while two shepherds wait. [more...] |
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38.—King’s Coty House
Another picture of King’s Coty’s House; compare Fig. 37. There is also a picture of this in Francis Grose’s Antiquities. [more...] |
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39.—Trevethy Stone
Trevethy Stone, also known as Trethevy Quoit, is a Domen or Cromlech near Liskeard in Cornwall. [more...] |
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40.—Cromlech at Plas Newydd, Anglesey
See also Grose’s Antiquities for an older engraving of this neolithic burial tomb. [more...] |
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