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ffi^c 6itg Wetljers '^veserljatioii J[unlr. 



The joint appeal for funds to purchase portions of two of the 

 areas covered by the sarsen stones known as the " Grey Wethers," 

 in the neighbourhood of Marlborougli, which was issued in July, 

 1907, by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or 

 Natural Beauty, The Wiltshire Archaeological Society, and the 

 Marlborough College Natural History Society, has met with a 

 most gratifying response, both from the members of the Wiltshire 

 Society and from the general public. The original appeal was for 

 £500, for which sum Mr. Alec Taylor had offered to sell some 

 11 acres in Piggle Dene and 8 acres in Lockeridge Dene. 

 These two areas were chosen as being the most accessible of all 

 the sites now occupied by tlie sarsen stones. Moreover in 

 Lockeridge Dene some of the largest existing specimens of natural 

 sarsens are to be found. The total result of the appeal is 

 £612 5s. Qd., which has sufficed to secure a somewhat larger area 

 in Lockeridge Dene than was at first contemplated, as well as to 

 pay all legal expenses. The actual areas purchased cover 11 acres 

 2 roods, 16 poles in Piggle Dene, and 11 acres, 2 roods, 25 poles in 

 Lockeridge Dene. The site at Lockeridge is divided into two 

 portions by a small intervening property. Both sites have been 

 handed over to the National Trust, and the stones upon them will be 

 preserved for the future from all injury, and will be of course 

 accessible at all times to those who wish to see them. A plan of 

 both siteSj with a full list of subscriptions is given below. It should 

 be mentioned that althougli the cromlech known as the "Devil's 

 Den " is not included in either of these areas, Mr. Taylor stated at 

 the beginning of the negociations that he intended carefully to 

 preserve this monument. 



List of Subscriptions. 



