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earthwork and ditch, very nearly as high as the outer rampart, 
this was the site of the Castle or citadel; it is now thickly 
overgrown with bushes, but some portions of a strong wall on the 
crest of the hill are still to be traced. There were entrances to 
the great outer work on the eastern and western sides. Although 
it is known that the stone from Old Sarum was greatly used in 
the building of Salisbury, and more particularly in the Tower of 
the Cathedral, it is astonishing to find so few traces of the 
old Norman City. On returning to the Inn the landlord showed 
a skeleton of a man which he had discovered some few months 
ago; it is in most perfect preservation, the only fault 
seeming to be a fracture of the hip bone; it was found imbedded 
in the Chalk about a foot below the surface. The heavy rain 
which fell during the stay at Sarum caused the party somewhat 
to lengthen its stay, and on resuming the journey the members 
were so much occupied in keeping off the wet that they somewhat 
missed the beauties of Ambresbury or Amesbury, and only saw 
the exterior of the old Norman Church, en passant, and Vespasian’s 
Camp. However, the rain began to abate as Stonehenge came 
in view, and the breezes of the plain were very enjoyable. 
Stonehenge appears at first view to strike one as disappointing, 
and it is not until the visitor gets close up to the stones that he 
is struck with their immensity, and wonders, as thousands have 
done before him, which of the many objects that antiquaries 
theorise upon for placing such a pile there is the true one. A 
description of Stonehenge is not required here, as there are so 
-many elsewhere with supposed restorations, which become so 
familiar that one seems hardly to recognise the stones in their 
‘present situation. However, an intelligent old man helped us to 
trace the various circles as they were supposed to exist. 
Some of the members wandered off to the barrows and for an 
inspection of the Cursus, concerning the origin of which there has 
been so much speculation, and when sufficient time had been 
spent there, we wended our way over the downs, and through the 
