66 Bibliography of Stonehenge and Avebury. 



\b a letter to " Warine, the Briton," in which he states that he had met 

 with the work of Geoffrey of Monmouth while at the Abbey of Bee in 

 Normandy ; and he adopts and repeats Geoffrey's account of Stonehenge. 



Henry, Dr. Robt. [1718—1790]: Historian. 

 1771 — 93. History of Great Britain; six vols., 4to. (c. 600 

 pp. each) ; illustrated : London. 

 Later Editions, 1788 ; 1796; 1800; 1805; 1814; 1823. 

 Vol. I. contains the History of Druidism, pp. 91 — 122 ; and Britain before 

 the arrival of the Eomans, pp. 159 — 224. Stonehenge (p. 118) is considered 

 to have been one of the most magnificent of the Druidical temples. 



Herbert, Algernon [1792 — 1855] : Antiquary. 

 1836 — 41. Britannia after the Eomans ; two vols., 4to. ; Ixxxi., 

 238 ; and viii., 158 : London. 

 For massacre near Stonehenge of the Britons by Hengist, see Vol. I., 

 chap. ii. ; and Removal of the Petrce Amhrosioe from Ireland, Vol. II., 

 chap. i. 



1838. ISTeo-Druidic Heresy; 4to., iv., 151 : London. 



The " College of Druids," which fled to Ireland before the Romans, returned 



to their old districts when the Romans departed in the fifth century ; and 

 introduced an apostacy (Neo-Druidism) into the Christian Church. To 

 this sect we owe the erection of Stonehenge. " It is vulgarly said that 

 whoever counts the stones of the Stonehenge will die " (p. 43). 



1848. Nennius, etc. ; 4to. : Irish Archseol. Soc. 



The " Irish version of the Sistoria Britonum." 

 1849. Cyclops Christianus : 8vo., iv., 247 : London. 



{See notice in Qtmrt. Rev. for 1852, vol. XCL, pp. 273—315). 



In this book the author undoubtedly displays remarkable learning and 

 research. He assigns Stonehenge to the fifth century, and believes that 

 its erection was the work of the believers in a " neo-Druidical" religion ; 

 a faith which under an outward semblance of Christianity led its adherents 

 to practice secretly some of the old methods of Druidism. This was done 

 under the direction of a Druidic priesthood who returned from Ireland 

 after the departure of the Romans. Stonehenge was the Nawdd (or 

 sanctuary), the Dinas (or city), and the Cor (or great circle) of the British 

 tribes of whom Arthur was the typical chief. " Stonehenge," Mr. Herbert 

 takes to mean " Hengist's stone," and he believes in the truth of the story 

 of the massacre of the Britons by that Saxon- chief. 



Herbert, Rt. Hon. Sidney [1810—1861]; First Lord Herbert 

 of Lea. 

 1855. Presidential Address. Wilts Mag., II., 3 — 7. 



Urges that the fallen stones at Stonehenge should be raised and replaced 



