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The carriages now took the direction of the Rollright Stones, 
stopping by the way to examine Rollright Church, in which the 
most noteworthy object is the richly decorated tympanum and 
arch of the western doorway, of late Norman work. Presently 
the Rollright Stones came in view. These are treated by all 
writers on British antiquities, and various are the opinions of 
- Antiquaries as to their object and origin. FrEreuson, in his 
_ Rude Stone Monuments,” and CampEn regard them as memo- 
rials of battle, and of post-Roman date, while others conceive 
them to have been temples of the Druids in times long before 
the invasion of Cesar. The latter is mere guess-work, but 
Fereuson adduces proofs and illustrations of his theory, which 
will go far to satisfy enquirers. It is a 100-foot circle, having, 
as is usual, one stone in the circuit taller than the rest. This 
_ stone has certainly been partially dressed on the surface. 
Northwards is a detached monolith, called the “ King-Stone,” 
and at the distance of a quarter of a mile in a different 
_ direction is a dolmen, the cap-stone of which has fallen. These 
_ go by the name of the “Five Knights.” A view of the circle, 
taken from the representation in Puror’s “Oxfordshire,” will 
_ be found in Puriuips’s “ Geology of the Thames Valley.” 
The horses’ heads were now turned in the direction of 
. d Chipping-Norton, halting by the way at Langdon Bridge, over 
_ the railway, where a somewhat doubtful section presented itself 
for elucidation. The base showed a thickness of white Oolitic 
_ Limestone, wholly unfossiliferous, the position of which is above 
_ the “Clypeus-grit,” and below the Great Oolite. On this rests 
a band of blue clay, overlaid by sandy beds and a layer of small 
oysters. It was determined that the Oolite rock constitutes 
the upper member of the Inferior Oolite, and that the blue clay 
band represents the “ Fuller’s Earth” at the base of the Great 
Haste was now made for Chipping Norton, where some of 
e party had to catch an earlier train than the rest. The 
ainder stayed to dine at the White Hart, and had leisure 
