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Cranborne Manor House: The Loggia
English Homes Period III Vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart (1558‒1649) (1922)
Located near Wimborne, Dorset, and now known for itsgardens. It was originally built at the start of the 13th Century, but the entrance shown here is much later, postdating the English Civil War.
Keywords:
manors, entrances, arches, colour
Places shown:
Cranborne; Wimborne; Dorset; England
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1.—Ground Plan of Stonehenge in its present state.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
This plan of Stonehenge is, of course, from 1845 or earlier.“Keeping in view the ground plan of Stonehenge in its present state (Fig. 1), we will ask the reader to follow us while we describe the appe [...]
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plans, ruins, temples, megaliths, druids, stone circles, greyscale
Places shown:
Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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3.—Stonehenge. – Perspective Elevation, restored.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“The external appearance which the whole work would have if restored, is shown in the perspective elevation. (Fig. 3.)” (p. 3)
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ruins, megaliths, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale
Places shown:
Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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4.—Stonehenge: section 1 to 2 (Restored Plan, Fig. 2), 105 feet.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“The internal arrangment is exhibited in the section.” (p. 3)
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plans, ruins, megaliths, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale
Places shown:
Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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5.—Stonehenge.
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“The present arrangement of the ruin [of Stonehenge] is shown in Figs. 5 and 6.” (p. 3)
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ruins, megaliths, temples, people, animals, sheep, druids, backgrounds, wallpaper, stone circles, greyscale
Places shown:
Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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6.—Stonehenge
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“The present [1845] appearance of the ruin [Stonehenge] is shown in Figs. 5 and 6.” (p. 3)“The description which we have thus given, brief as it is, may appear somewhat tedious; but it is necessary to [...]
Keywords:
ruins, megaliths, people, sheep, temples, druids, stone circles, greyscale
Places shown:
Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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Sheldons, Wiltshire [Frontispiece].
The Growth of the English House (1909)
“Sheldons Manor in Wiltshire is a charming example of alteration. The original house, of which the porch is a part, was built by the Gascelyns in the fourteenth century. The sixteenth-century addition [...]
Keywords:
manors, entrances, trees, gates, colour
Places shown:
Sheldons; Wiltshire; England
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14.—Druidial Ornaments
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
“These remarkable monuments contain not only the bones and the ashes of the dead, but various articles of utility and ornament, domestic utensils, weapons of war, decorations of the person, perhaps in [...]
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druids, jewellery, greyscale
Places shown:
Stonehenge; Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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17.—Sarum Plain
Old 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 [...]
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bare feet, people, sheep, stonehenge, megaliths, druids, ruins, views, burial mounds, greyscale
Places shown:
Salisubury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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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
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20.—Varieties of Druid Barrow
Old 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
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23.—Remains of Old Sarum
Old 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 [...]
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ruins, castles, hills, trees, views, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale
Places shown:
Old Sarum; Wiltshire; England
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24.—Contents of Ancient British Barrows
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
The plate also has the following text:“1, 2. Flint Arrow-Heads.3,4. Celts[Note: Webster (1913) givesCelt, n. LL. celts a chisel. (Archaeol.)A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli [...]
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weapons, druids, burial mounds, backgrounds, wallpaper, greyscale
Places shown:
Salisbury Plain; Wiltshire; England
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26.—Abury Plan and Section
Old England: A Pictorial Museum (1845)
An 1840s plan of Avebury stone circle.“The plan exhibits this bank,e, with the ditchf: immediately within the ditch was a circle of stones, dotted on the plan. This circle is stated to have been compo [...]
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megaliths, druids, temples, ruins, plans, stone circles, greyscale
Places shown:
Avebury; Wiltshire; England
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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,aandb. T [...]
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maps, plans, druids, megaliths, temples, ruins, stone circles, greyscale
Places shown:
Avebury; Wiltshire; England
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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 [...]
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views, megaliths, temples, druids, ruins, stone circles, greyscale
Places shown:
Avebury; Wiltshire; England
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