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druids: This keyword is used whenever an author associates something with the Celts, Picts, or prehistoric inhabitants of Britain and Northern Europe.

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Francis Grose, Esq., FAS., The Antiquities of England and Wales, Being a Collection of Views of the Most remarkable Ruins and antient Buildings, Accurately drawn on the spot. To each view is added An Historical Accounf of its Situation, when and by whom built, with every interesting Circumstance relating thereto. Collected from the best authorities.

London, Printed by C. Clarke, for S. Hooper, No. 212 High Holborn, opposite Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Square, M.DCC.LXXXIII [1783]

My copy of Volume I is falling apart, but that at least means I don’t have to worry about damaging the binding when I scan the pictures! I took a photograph of this book open to the title page.

I wish I had more volumes of this series. I recently obtained volume 3, but it came without the maps, unfortunately. The perils of eBay!

I’ve also typed up a short biography of Francis Grose from 1814.

Captain Francis Grose is also known for compiling dictionaries. I have a copy of his Provincial Glossary. He also wrote a dictionary of slang; Project Gutenberg has made a text version of an 1811 version of this (I have a fac simile edition) and I have used this as a starting point, corrected many errors, and put it online as the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Captain Francis Grose.

Cromleh near Dundalk Ireland, from the Druidical Antiquities plate.

Cromleh near Dundalk Ireland, from the Druidical Antiquities plate.

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

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 t [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, ruins, tombs

Places shown: Dundalk; County Louth; Ireland

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Rocking Stone. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

Rocking Stone. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

A rocking stone is one so placed that it can be wobbled easily, apparently a neolithic amusement.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Cromleh near Plaisnewdd in Anglesea

Cromleh near Plaisnewdd in Anglesea

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

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). modern picture by hamish This is one item fro [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, megaliths, ruins

Places shown: Plas Newydd; Anglesey; Wales

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Kist-vain, from the Druidical Antiquities plate

Kist-vain, from the Druidical Antiquities plate

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

This is an engraving of a kist-tomb.

Kist is an old name for chest or coffin, and vain used also to mean empty or pointless, as, in vain.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: ruins, druids, megaliths, tombs

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Druidical Circle near Keswick in cumberland. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

Druidical Circle near Keswick in cumberland. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

I remember visiting this stone circle one November, drawn to the spiritual nature of the place. It was cold and rainy, and as group of very determined hikers walked past me one of them, seeing I was c [...]

Keywords: stone circles, druids, megaliths

Places shown: Keswick; Cumberland; England

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Carne or Carnedd, from the Druidical Antiquities plate

Carne or Carnedd, from the Druidical Antiquities plate

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

A cairn is a pile of stones or rocks used to mark a place, perhaps a burial.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Lanyon Cromleh Cornwall. From the Druidical Antiquities plate.

Lanyon Cromleh Cornwall. From the Druidical Antiquities plate.

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

This appears to be an engraving of a dolmen called Lanyon Quoit in Cornwall. The monument was actually destroyed in 1815 by a storm, and was rebuilt incorrectly. This engraving is of the original mon [...]

Keywords: druids, tombs, ruins, megaliths, wallpaper, backgrounds

Places shown: Bosiliack; Cornwall; England

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Rock basons

Rock basons

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

[description pending]

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: unspecified

Added: 2006-03-01

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Tolmen Northwethel Scilly. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

Tolmen Northwethel Scilly. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

There are over 150 Bronze-age remains or sites on the Isles of Scilly; I could not find any specific information on this one at Northwethel and would appreciate further details. This is one item from [...]

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: Northwethel; Isles of Scilly; England

Added: 2006-01-11

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No. 1 from the Druidical Antiquities

No. 1 from the Druidical Antiquities

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

The caption for this engraving of an obelisk just says Nº1.

This is one item from a full-page plate, Druidical Antiquities

Keywords: ruins, druids, megaliths

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Tolmen St. Mary’s Scilly. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

Tolmen St. Mary’s Scilly. From the Druidical Antiquities Plate.

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

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. An account of the unfortunate incident [...]

Keywords: druids, ruins, megaliths

Places shown: St Mary’s; Isles of Scilly; England

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Druidical Antiquities

Druidical Antiquities

The Antiquities of England and Wales (1783)

Published by S. Hooper April 16, 1784; the illustration is signed Goodnight Sculpt. This is an overview: I have scanned the individual parts of this image separately and will add them along with the d [...]

Keywords: druids, megaliths, temples

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-01-11

Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested