STONEHENGE — STEVENS 469 



subject. It speaks well for the care of the builders that the stones 

 should have stood as well as they have done. Of the Sarsens, 16 are 

 standing in the outer circle and 6 in the horseshoe, 13 have fallen or 

 have been moved, and 5 are missing. An examination of prints and 

 drawings reveals the fact that Nos. 13 and 14 were standing in 1574, 

 but No. 14 fell about 20 years later ; the big detached Trilithon of the 

 horseshoe fell in January 1797, and No. 22 in December 1900. The 

 fallen lintels, being smaller and ready to hand for removal, are 

 nearly all missing. The Prescelly stones, as has already been said, 

 have suffered more heavily by reason of the ease with which they 

 could have been removed. The relic hunter has also been accused 

 of damage. It is even said that a hammer was kept in a well- 

 known hotel in Salisbury for the use of visitors to Stonehenge. Be- 

 sides this there was a superstition which endowed the "Bluestones" 

 with medicinal properties, which may also have contributed to their 

 destruction. 



OBJECTS DISCOVERED AT STONEHENGE 



So far, only the actual implements employed in the building of 

 Stonehenge have been mentioned, but they by no means exhaust 

 the list of objects found in the areas excavated between 1920-28. 

 Very careful investigations have taken place in the Ditch, the Aubrey 

 Holes, the "South Barrow," the area between the outer Sarsens and 

 the Aubrey Holes, the Y and Z holes, and the sockets of stones 1, 

 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 29, and 30. 



The following list gives a comprehensive idea of the relics: 



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i. From the earth above the chalk silt. — Fragments of Beaker 

 pottery, c. 1800 B. C. (two distinct beakers can be recognized), 

 small Late Bronze awl, c. 500 B. C. (the only actual Bronze Age 

 implement yet found), tanged and barbed flint arrowhead, Roman 

 brooch and coins, "Samian ware," spindle whorls, and two medieval 

 iron arrowheads. 



^. From the earthy ruhhle above the chalk silt. — ^Implements of 

 Prescelly stone, some partly polished axes, and a small well-wrought 

 stone ball of unknown use. 



3. In the chalk silt at the bottom. — Many rough flint implements 

 with deep white stain or patina, a bone cliisel, and fragments of 

 chalk balls. Many antlers of the red deer, some cut down to form 

 picks, and others which show signs of use as rakes. 



