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Morrice) pointed out the chief objects of interest in the Church, and 
Mr. C. H. Tatsor added farther particulars.!. Then by the alms- 
houses for old men and old women, built and endowed by Sir James 
Thynne, and still maintained by a charge on the Longleat estates ; 
by Hill Deverell ; and by a remarkable earthwork lying on the side 
of the hill to the left of the road, to which attention had been 
specially directed by the Rev. Canon Morrice, andewhich ran no 
risk of being overlooked, through the happy and thoughtful device 
of planting two small school-banners on the spot. At Brixton 
Deverell the Church was visited under the guidance of the Rector 
(the Rev. T. W. Dowprne). At Monkton Deverell a temporary 
halt was made at a cottage, over the dvor of which, built into the 
wall, were the arms of the Ludlow family carved in stone, supposed 
to have been brought from the old manor house of the Ludlows at 
Hill Deverell; the Church was also visited, but did not detain the 
visitors long. Kingston Deverell, however, offered more attractions, 
and the Rector (the Rev. D: M. Cizrx) courteously welcomed the 
archeologists and conducted them over his Church, where he and 
‘Mr. Taxzor pointed out the chief objects of interest, amongst which 
a remarkable effigy of the thirteenth century attracted considerable 
attention. In the rectory garden certain large stones were examined; 
they are called “Egbert’s Stones,” or “King’s Stones,” and are 
spoken of by the Saxon Chroniclers: they were brought by a 
farmer from King’s Court Hill, where King Egbert is traditionally 
said to have held his court, and for some time did duty as stepping- 
stones to a barn: subsequently they were condemned to be broken 
up as material for mending roads, but their substance was so hard 
as to defy the efforts of their would-be destroyers, and now they 
have found a refuge, and bid fair to be preserved. 
— On leaving Kingston Deverell the-excursionists now began a long 
and steep ascent of the downs, which here rise to a great elevation, 
and when the summit is once gained, offer a most extensive panoramie 
view. It was indeed a noble prospect which repaid the archeologists 
~ As some account of the Churches visited during the excursions of the Society 
will be given in a subsequent paper by Mr, Talbot, it is needless here to enter 
_ into any details regarding them. 
