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these are only the remains of some vast temple of which 
Hautville’s quoit formed the portal, but such a gigantic building 
is carrying the imagination too high, and, besides, there are no 
other traces left. From the very little knowledge we have of the 
manners and customs of the so-called Druids—whose priests 
exercised for many years a mighty and extensive rule not only 
over the people in religious matters but also controlled secular 
affairs and decided litigation—we can gather from the evidence 
which has come down to us, though in an unsatisfactory manner, 
that their temples, simply built as they were, were formed in the 
shape of circles, and that the space in which they stood was large 
enough for immense assemblies of people, before whom sacrifices 
were made, and where on certain occasions disputes were settled. 
For such of these one can imagine the stone circles were erected ; 
and for these, people would be likely to give their time and labour, 
as they were subject so much to the Druidical priests. That there 
is no certainty as to this I freely admit. The bulk of the 
writers on Stanton Drew have put these at a date pre-Roman ; and 
if we agree that Stonehenge was so, it necessarily follows that 
Stanton Drew is in the same category. Whether this Temple was 
erected by the Druids or only used by them—and possibly the work 
of a primeval or pre-historic race, or of the Belge, who subdued 
and expelled them—will be a subject of controversy to the end of 
time. 
Notice of a second capture of the vare Longicorn, taken-near Bath, in 
September, 1883. By the Rev. LEONARD BLOMEFIELD, M.A., 
F.L.S., F.G.8., &c., President. 
(Read December, 10th, 1884.) 
It will be remembered that in September last year, a specimen 
of a rare Longicorn Beetle was captured on a wall near Bath, and 
exhibited to the Natural History Field Club at their first 
