54 Bibliography of Stonehenge and Avebury. 



mentions that six architraves only remain upon the outer stone circ e, 

 and three upon the great triUthons. He thinks that Stonehenge must be 

 a " British monument " ; and that the story which assigns its erection to 

 Ambrosius may be true, seeing that his name is still retained in the 

 " neighbouring town of Ambresbury." 



Galpiu, Rev. A. J. 1896. Wayland Smith's Cave. Bept. 

 Marlboro' Coll. K If. Society, No. 44, pp. 88 — 91 ; with one plate. 

 It is now a cromlech, but was formerly part of a long barrow. It is first 

 mentioned as " Welandes Smithan " in a charter of Eadred, A.D. 955. 



G-arden, Professor Jas. : Of Aberdeen. 

 1770. Circular [Stone] Monuments in Scotland. Archceologia, 

 L, 312—319. 



A good and early account of the stone circles near Aberdeen, etc. Mentions 

 Stonehenge in two foot-notes. 



Geoffrey of Monmouth [1100—1154]: Bishop of St. Asaph; 

 and chronicler. 



1147. HiSTORiUM Kegum Britanni.^ [Final MS.]. Printed in 

 1508 (4to); 1517; 1587. 



1718. Translated by Aaron Tux-ner ; 8vo. : London. 



1842. Edition by J. A. Giles ; 8vo. : London. 



1851. Sir Thos. Phillips: Archteol. Journ., VIIL, 281—290. 



1858. Sir F. Madden : Arehteol. Journ., XV., 299—312. 



1866. Morley's " English Writers." 



1848. " Six Old English Chronicles " ; 8vo. : London. 



1883. Etudes Historiques Bretonnes ; by L. A. Lemoyne de la 

 Borderie. 



Geoffrey's sources of information seem to have been (1) Nennius ; (2) a 

 book of Breton legends obtained from his friend Walter " Calenius," 

 Archdeacon of Oxford [^lot Walter Map] ; (3) possibly certain contemporary 

 unwritten legends ; and (many have asserted) (4) his own imagination. 

 His book sprang instantly into popularity, and was widely read both in 

 Britain and abroad. 

 His account of Stonehenge relates (1) that about the year 470 A.D. there 

 was a treacherous massacre of four hundred and sixty British chiefs by 

 Hengist "at the monastery of Ambrius " ; (2) that subsequently 

 Aurelius Ambrosius desired to erect a monument to the chiefs thus slain ; 

 (3) he is recommended by the prophet Merlin to remove the " Giants' 

 Dance " from Killaraus in Ireland to Salisbury Plain for this purpose 



