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On the other hand, there are three ancient trackways recently 

 described by W. F, Grimes, of the National Museum of Wales, which 

 appear to afford a solution as to how the stones came from the moun- 

 tains to the coast. The first of these trackways, called "Fleming's 

 Way," follows east and west the line of the Prescelly range. From 

 it, leading southward from the range, are two "spur ways" — that on 

 the west leading to Haverfordwest and that on the east to Narberth. 

 Both these spur ways are in use as roads at the present day. Haver- 

 fordwest stands at the head of the tidal estuary of the Western 

 Cleddau and Narberth is similarly placed on the estuary of the 

 Eastern Cleddau. The roads have all the features of ancient tracks; 

 they avoid valleys, and their gradients are easy; and in the case of 

 the Narberth road in particular, antiquities are plentiful on the route, 

 showing that the district has been occupied since early times. From 

 either of the two tidal estuaries the waterway leads through the area 

 of the micaceous sandstone of the Cosheston Beds and finally to the 

 sea at Milford Haven. 



An interesting sidelight on the date of the removal of the stones 

 from Prescelly is the large block of Prescelly Stone from the Long 

 Barrow, called "Boles Barrow," near Heytesbury, 14 miles west of 

 Salisbury. This was unearthed by William Cunnington in 1801, 

 and after some migrations has at last found a home in the Salisbury 

 Museum. The presence of this stone in a Long Barrow would justify 

 a date of about 1800 B. C. for its transportation. 



The stone axes and axhammers of "spotted dolerite" and other 

 rocks from North Pembrokeshire, which have been found not only in 

 Wales but beyond its borders, constitute evidence of human activity 

 in the Prescelly area in Neolithic and Early Bronze Age times. 



THE SARSEN STONES 



There seems to be little doubt that the Sarsen stones were fi»^* 

 of all roughly hewn into shape before they were conveyed to Stone- 

 henge. Among the chippings and mason's waste discovered in the 

 course of excavation, there is comparatively little Sarsen stone, and 

 that usually in large fragments. Also the natural tabular form of the 

 stone adapted itself to the needs of the builders; it was almost »^ 

 ideal material. 



The transport of the Sarsen blocks must have called for consider- 

 able skill OAving to their weight, one block weighing certainly 50 

 tons. Even with abundant labor, time in which to transport the 

 stones, and the stimulus of religion, the achievement is a very notable 

 one, and only second to the erection of the stones at Avebury. But 

 the transport of monoliths and monolithic figures was common in 

 other countries, and specially in Egypt, where, prior to Stonehenge 



