132 Bibliography of Stonehenge and Avebury. 



Strutt, Jos. 1779. Chronicle of England ; two vols, 4to., 

 viii., 365 ; and v., 291 ; plates : London. 



Plate II. gives the " N.E. view of Stonehenge, representing the grand 

 entrance " (Vol. I., p. 247). Stonehenge was the central place of assembly, 

 where the arch-druid of the Ancient Britons held his annual court. 



Stukeley, Rev. Dr. Wm. [1687 — 1165]: Br. of medicine; 

 antiquary; and parson. 

 1724. Itinerarium Curiosum ; fol. : London. 

 1776. Second Edition; two vols., fol.; x., 205, with 101 plates; 

 and iv., 177, with 103 plates. 



Includes views of Stanton Drew (3) ; Marlborough Mount ; Oldbury Camp ; 

 Old Sarum (2) ; etc. Stonehenge is incidentally mentioned. Portraits 

 of the author form the frontispiece to each volume. 



1740. Stonehenge; fol., x., 66; index, iv. pp.; thirty-five 



plates and frontispiece : London. 



1838. Eeprint(Eeid; London). 



This fine work contains the first full and careful description of the monu- 

 ment by a competent observer. Numerous plates are given from the 

 author's own sketches, made 1720 — 24. Stukeley discovered the Avenue 

 and the adjoining Cursus. He opened several of the neighbouring barrows, 

 and found chippings from Stonehenge in one of them. Stukeley came to 

 the conclusion that the monument was the work of the Druids, about 

 460 B.C. The number of stones he reckoned was originally one hundred 

 and forty. 



1743. Abury ; fol, x., 102, with index, vi. pp. ; forty plates, 



and three woodcuts : London. 



1838. Eeprint (Eeid : London). 



Abury is described as a " serpentine temple " — one of those for which 

 Stukeley coined the name " Dracontia." It consisted originally of si 

 hundred and fifty great unhewn sarsen stones, forming a great central 

 circle 1000 feet in diameter (which contained two smaller circles), from 

 which two stone avenues curved out, one to the S.E., and the other to 

 the S.W. ; the whole representing the outline of a snake. Abury is much 

 older, as well as much bigger, than Stonehenge. This book — together 

 with his " Stonehenge " — proves Stukeley to have been a man of great 

 talent and ability. 



1721 — 48. Family Memoirs; edited by Eev. W. C. Lukis, 



for the Surtees Society; three vols., 8vo., xxx., 1520; with six 

 plates: London; 1880 — 87. 



