By the Rev. W. C. Inkis. 89 
There is not much to choose between the drawings, such as they are, 
of Aubrey and Stukeley, but there is so much fancifulness in the 
restored plan of the latter that doubt is thrown upon the accuracy of 
his description; whereas there is in my opinion more careful and 
truthful drawing in the plans of Aubrey, and from these plans and 
a comparison with the Britanny monuments I have been led to the 
above conclusion. 
This then is one of the points of faint resemblance that I notice, 
between Avebury and Carnac. Holding this opinion of separate monu- 
ments I am almost inclined to think that a third monument of like 
character 7.e. composed of rows of stones associated with a circle, lay 
on the Beckhampton side. I feel, however, that I have very little 
evidence to produce in support of this view, but there is scarcely 
better evidence in proof of the Overton Hill circles having been uni- 
ted with those of Avebury by an unbroken avenue of stones, and of 
another avenue directed towards Beckhampton “forming the tail of 
the sacred serpent,” according to Stukeley. 
One other point of resemblance may be stated. In Britanny the 
circular enclosure is invariably situated on an elevation, or on the 
summit of gently rising ground. Herein Wilts one set of circles 
was on Overton Hill, and the great circular enclosure of Avebury is 
on a gentle elevation. 
The points of dissimilarity between Avebury and Carnac are 
numerous. At Carnac there are many Lines of Stones in each 
monument, at Avebury there were never more than two. In the 
Carnac and neighbouring circles there is no vallum and no fosse, 
and no concentric circles;—at Avebury there are all these. 
Notwithstanding these differences I should imagine the destination 
of all these monuments to have been the same; and I should point 
to the Britanny ones for priority of date. 
T have not seen the stone avenues of Dartmoor—but they are 
described by Sir Gardner Wilkinson as in some instances pointing 
to and leading up to concentric circles and cromlechs or cists, and as 
therefore being in some way connected with sepulchral monuments, or 
serving some religious purpose in connection with theburial of thedead. 
There are few circles not associated with avenues in the Morbihan. 
