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of the northern circle, and two unusually large stones at the southern 

 point of the outer ring-, which indicated the entrance to the Kennet 

 avenue. It was now time to adjourn to Mr. Kemm's magnificent 

 barn, where a very handsome luncheon had been prepared by Mr. 

 Peter Neate, of the " Red Lion," on which the President (Lord 

 Nelson) highly complimented him : and at the same time tendered 

 the hearty thanks of the Association to Mr. Kemm and his 

 daughters, for the use of his noble barn, and for the beautiful manner 

 in which the tables had been decorated. Mr. Kemm expressed the 

 pleasure it had given him to oblige the Association, when the Rev. 

 Bryan King explained that their obligation to Mr. Kemm was 

 greater than they supposed, for they had been invited to visit the 

 picturesque grounds of the Manor House, where Mrs. Kemm would 

 be delighted to offer them a cup of tea : Mr. King also exhibited a 

 red deer's horn, and remarked that such was the implement with 

 which the dyke had been formed, and which had been found in a 

 place -where the dyke had been levelled. The horn was used for 

 pecking the chalk or earth, and doubtless the chalk or rubble of 

 which Silbury Hill was formed was pecked with such implements. 



The Church was next visited, and here the Vicar gave a short 

 outline of its architectural history, pointing out specimens of Saxon 

 as well as Norman work, and showing what additions had been 

 made in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Mr. King concluded 

 his remarks by appealing for aid to make this Christian Church 

 worthy of its position in the midst of the grandest heathen temple 

 of Europe. 



A visit to the fine old gabled Manor House, the hospitable abode 

 of Mr. Kemm, where a refreshing cup of tea awaited the members, 

 concluded the visit to Abury. Thence Mr. Smith conducted the 

 party by the Kennet avenue to the site of its termination on Overton 

 Hill, the highly-revered " Sanctuary," as the small double circle of 

 stones was called, but of which not a vestige now remains ; and here 

 he pointed out to them another portion of the " Roman Road," 

 and the course of the famous " Ridge Road," or "British Trackway ,^^ 

 which, descending from Salisbury Plain, and traversing the Vale of 

 Pewsey, by Broad Street, and Honey Street, crosses Wansdyke above 



