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of this temple, place of congress, or sepulchre. Time may 
unravel the mystery, at present the only certain conclusion 
arrived at, seems to be the utter explosion of the idea that the 
ancient Druids had anything to do with the building for their 
worship and annual sacrifice. 
Re-mounting the brakes at 5 p.m. the return journey to 
Salisbury was made by a very picturesque route, for the first 
two miles over the grassy plain until the beautiful Elizabethan 
mansion of Lake House was reached. This was the abode of the 
Duke family for many generations, and is now being restored by 
a brewer who has purchased the property. There are some fine 
barrows in the park, planted with fir trees. Three miles further 
at Middle Woodford, with a fair avenue of trees, stands Heale 
House, a hiding-place of Charles II., who visited Stonehenge 
hence during his residence and twice counted its stones correctly, 
to prove the fallacy of the public saying, that this is impossible. 
Two miles further the long village of Stratford under the Castle 
was passed, with the small tower of its Church, bearing in large 
letters the inscription—Thomas Pitt, esq., Benefactor, Anno. 1711. 
Old Sarum stands right over this village on the opposite side of 
the Avon, and in another two miles the Members were again 
deposited at the Railway Station, after a most instructive and 
enjoyable excursion, and regained their Bath domiciles without. 
incident. 
Wellow and Stoney Littleton, October 5th, 1897.—Owing to ill- 
health the Secretary was absent from this excursion, and no full 
account of the day’s doings has been recorded by any of the 
Members present. Mr. Johan Holst acted as conductor to the 
party, who reached Wellow either on foot or bicycle, and were 
met there by Messrs. McMurtrie and Story-Maskelyne. 
A visit was paid to the Church and the sepulchral tumulus at 
Stoney Littleton, the key of the latter being kept at a farm, a 
mile from Wellow, the “detour” to which necessitated the party 
crossing the brook by stepping stones, which proved beyond the 

