By W. Jerome Harrison, F.G.S. 153 



Stonebenge is probably a sun-temple raised by tbe Romans in tbe time of 

 Heliogabalus [204 — 222 A.D.], wbo was a priest of the sun in a Syrian 

 temple before he was emperor. 



Zillwood, P. W. 1867. [Eemarks during Stonehenge 

 Excursion of 1865.] Wilts Mag., X., 20. 



The small "foreign" impost may have been the capstone of a small 

 trilithon used to observe the setting of the sun at the winter solstice. 



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ADDENDA. 



Anon. 1828. Stonehenge. Lomlon Magazine, 3 ser., I., 195 

 ^ —204. 



H An article based on the volumes of Bowles ("History of Bremhill"), and 

 ^1 Maurice (" Indian Antiquities," VI., 149). The small inner stones of 

 ^^L Stonehenge were reverenced because of their dark hue — inclining to black. 

 ^^1 Such black stones have commonly been selected for worship, by eastern 

 ^^B nations. 



^ — ISiO. Druidical Remains; No. I. (Avebury). Penny 

 Magazine, IX., 301—303 ; illustrated. 



"In a situation that seems to leave no doubt that it was one of the com- 

 ponent parts of the grand temple, is an artificial conical mound of earth 

 called Silbury Hill." 



[" P."]. 1901. Stonehenge. Times, 20 Nov., p. 14. 



Thinks the wire-fence which has been put up is better than no protection 

 at all. Knows a circle in Scotland half ihe stones of which have been 

 destroyed by fires lighted against them by picnic parties. 



— [" P. H."] 1902. The Age of Stonehenge. The Sphere 



(4 Jan.), VIII., 26 — 27 ; with seven illustrations. 

 This important paper contains the first illustrations published of the pointed 

 quartzite "hand hammers," the heavy stone "mauls," and the smaller 

 flint implements which were used in dressing the stones at the time of 

 the erection of Stonehenge — about 1680 B.C. 



