148 BiUiograiohy of Stonchenge and Avehury. 



Williams, Rev. Jno. [1792 — 1858] : Archdeacon of Cardigan. 

 1858. Essays on . . . Prehistorical Eecords, etc. ; 8vo., 

 xii., 382 : London. 



Stonehenge is consecrated ground, in which the bodies of the kings and 

 chiefs of the island had been buried for more than a thousand years before 

 the days of Aurehus Ambrosius. Quotes a Welsh triad referring to 

 Stonehenge as " Gwaith Emrys." 



Williams, Ab Ithel, Rev. Jno. [1811—1862] : Welsh 

 Historian. 

 1862 — 74. Barddas ; two vols., 8vo., Ixxxv., 425, and 168 : 

 Llandovery and London. 



" A collection of original documents, illustrative of the theology, wisdom, 

 and usages of the Bardo-Druidic System of the Isle of Britain." See 

 pp. '223 (the Circles) ; 263 (God in the Sun) ; 265 (God in the Light) ; 

 403 — 425 (Astronomy ; Cycles ; Days, etc.) 

 For biography, see " Life of Ab Ithel," by James Kenward ; 8vo. : Tenby ; 

 1871. 



[Edited by]. 954, 0.-1288 A.D. Annales Cambria 



(Eolls Series, No. 20); 8vo., xl., 173 : London, 1860. 



For Merlin, see pp. 5, 70 ; Arthur, p. 4. The record commences with the 

 year 444 A,D. 



[Edited by]. 1150 — 1282 A.D. Brut-y-Tywysogion ; or 



the Chronicle of the Princes (Eolls Series, No. 17); 8vo., Ivii., 

 491 : London, 1860. 



This chronicle begins with the year 681 A.D. Vortigern and " Myrddin " 

 are alluded to on p. 3. 



[Edited by]. [c. 603, A.D.]. Aneurin's poem — The 



GODODIN ; 8vo. : Llandovery, 1852. Has translation, introduction 

 and notes. Supposed by E. Davies to refer to the massacre of 

 the Britons by Hengist. 



Williams, J. Cr. 1877. Druidical Temples: Stonehenge. 

 Scdopian and West Midland Monthly Journal, No. 27 (May), etc. 

 " The name ' Stonehenge ' is pure Hebrew-Welsh ; thus — (Hebrew) 

 Shiova7icf, (Welsh) Sionge; the stone seat of Honour or Eeverence." 



Williams, W. 1791. Thoughts on Stonehenge. Gent's 

 Mag., LXL, i., 108. 



" That Stonehenge is a structure agreeable to the Magi and Ghaurs, and 

 resembles some Egyptian edifices, I will now shew." 



