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midway between Marlborough and Avebury, has at one time 

 been covered by a mound of earth, and surrounded by large 

 Sarsen stones. It has, however, been uncovered, and one of 

 the side stones undermined, so as to let it fall inward ; and 

 the covering stone, which is very large, now lies above it, 

 having slid down till it rested on the surface of the ground. 

 The chamber consisted of four or five large stones, and 

 has been at the east end of the mound. This cromlech much 

 resembles that well-known as Weyland Smith's Forge in 

 Berkshire, only it is not so elaborate in its construction. 

 Having examined this interesting relic of a primitive people, 

 the party proceeded over the Downs until they reached 

 Hackpen Hill, and from the brow of this eminence contem- 

 plated the wonderful remains of Avebury. On their way 

 thither many large barrows were passed, which seem to 

 cluster around this gigantic circle of stones with its attendant 

 avenues, of which, alas ! now so little remains, the stones 

 having been ruthlessly destroyed ! Happily this monument 

 of our early forefathers attracted attention before its utter 

 destruction had been completed ; and from the pen of Dr. 

 Stukeley and from that of Aubrey, and in recent times from 

 the diligent researches of a Member of this Club, whose 

 careful and well-arranged account of Avebury may be read in 

 the 4th Vol. of the " Wilts Archaeological and Natural 

 History Magazine," may be gathered all that can be known 

 about it. The Members having arrived at the village of 

 Abury, which stands in and around the sacred enclosure of the 

 mystic circle with its ditch and mound, proceeded to walk 

 round the outer circuit of the mound, and count the stones 

 which remain within the enclosure of the ditch, and had once 

 formed nearly a perfect circle within its boundary. The 

 mound being thrown up otitside the ditch, shows that this 

 huge entrenchment could not have been for defensive 

 purposes, but most probably for religious rites, or for 



