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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1006x801, 1341x1068, 251x200, 754x601 | 17.—Sarum PlainOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) In the foreground a barefoot shepherd with crook and straw hat, probably a boy, accompanied by his sheep, who graze on grassy burial mounds perhaps of ancient kings. In the far background, over Salisb [...] Keywords: bare feet, people, sheep, stonehenge, megaliths, druids, ruins, views, burial mounds, greyscale Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-03-26 + S K L R N |
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1084x936, 1445x1248, 231x200, 813x702 | 18.—Various Barrows.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The text reads: “a. Long barrow. b, c. Druid Barrows. d. Bell-shaped Barrow. e. Conical Barrow. f. Twin Barrow.” A stone circle (probably meant to be Stonehenge) is visible in the distance. Keywords: stonehenge, megaliths, druids, views, burial mounds, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-04-02 + S K L R N |
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| 1181x451, 524x200, 886x338 | 20.—Varieties of Druid BarrowOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The caption (retained in the image) reads as follows: 4, 10, 11. Varieties of Druid Barrow. 5. Another variety. 7. Twin-barrow. 12. Tumulus called Mil-barrow, Wilts. 14. Tumulus, New Grange, Drogheda. Keywords: druids, stonehenge, megaliths, ruins, burial mounds, diagrams, views, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-05-01 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 23.—Remains of Old SarumOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “Across the plain [Salisbury plain], at a distance [from Stonehenge] not exceeding twenty miles, was the great temple and Druidical settlement of Avebury. The town and hill-fort of Sarum was close at [...] Keywords: ruins, castles, hills, trees, views, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Old Sarum; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-07-26 + S K L R N |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 24.—Contents of Ancient British BarrowsOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) The plate also has the following text: “1, 2. Flint Arrow-Heads. 3,4. Celts [Note: Webster (1913) gives Celt, n. LL. celts a chisel. (Archaeol.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the t [...] Keywords: weapons, druids, burial mounds, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-08-02 + S K L R N |
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170x200, 1848x2178, 693x817, 924x1089 | 26.—Abury Plan and SectionOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) An 1840s plan of Avebury stone circle. “The plan exhibits this bank, e, with the ditch f: immediately within the ditch was a circle of stones, dotted on the plan. This circle is stated to have been co [...] Keywords: megaliths, druids, temples, ruins, plans, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-08-13 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1146x790, 290x200, 645x444, 860x593 | 27.—Abury. Extended Plan.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) A map covering a larger area than that of Fig. 26. “The general view (Fig. 25) is a restoration formed upon the plan (Fig. 26). Upon that plan there are two openings through the bank and ditch, a and [...] Keywords: maps, plans, druids, megaliths, temples, ruins, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-08-29 + S K L R N |
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1140x382, 1710x573, 595x200, 641x215, 855x287 | 28.—Abury. Bird’s eye view, from the South.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “The bird’s-eye view (Fig. 28), exhibits the restoration of Abury and its neighbourhood somewhat more clearly. 1 is the circumvallated bank, 2 and 3 the inner temples, 4 the river Kennet, 5 and 6 the [...] Keywords: views, megaliths, temples, druids, ruins, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Avebury; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-08-29 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1153x1619, 142x200, 577x810, 769x1079 | 29.—Arch-Druid in his full Judicial Costume.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) A fanciful drawing of an Arch-Druid (archdruid) in his full costume, judicial presumably meaning that he is ready to judge over people. An old and stern-looking man with a long flowing beard wears a r [...] Keywords: people, beards, bare feet, monks, robes, druids, spooky, christmas, greyscale Places shown: none Added: 2005-08-29 + S K L |
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1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 640x480, 800x600 | 32.—Silbury Hill, in WiltshireOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) An engraving of Silbury Hill, near Avebury; a man leads a team of horses pulling a hay wain, on top of which sits a boy. A man and woman walk alongside. In the background lies the great hill, and in [...] Keywords: people, carts, trees, hills, views, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, stone circles, greyscale Places shown: Silbury; Wiltshire; England Added: 2005-09-02 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1024x768, 1600x1200, 267x200, 800x600 | 33.—Carnbré CastleOld England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) There are two places called Carn Brae in Cornwall; one is the site of a medieval chapel and the other a castle. I think that this is the castle, near Redruth. “But there are many remarkable groups of [...] Keywords: castles, ruins, rocks, hills, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale Places shown: Carnbrea; Cornwall; England Added: 2005-09-05 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 1251x1076, 1669x1436, 233x200, 703x605, 938x807 | 35.—Round Tower of Donoughmore.Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845) “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 [...] Keywords: ruins, towers, roman remains, people, horses, greyscale Places shown: Donoughmore; Navan; County Meath; Ireland Added: 2005-09-09 + S K L R N |
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