68 Ancient Stone-Work on Langley Burrell Common. 
At Highfield, near Salisbury, are some singularly-shaped dwellings 
in drift gravel, resting on chalk, models of which are in the County 
Museum; they are described in “ Flint Chips,” by E. T. Stevens 
(page 57). 
The antiquities from the Beckhampton dwelling-pit are placed in 
the County Museum, and form an interesting group. 
Ancient Stone-dHork ow Aangley Buvvell 
Common. 
\PEANGLEY BURRELL lies north of Chippenham, some 
iB portion of that town being contained within the area of 
the parish. A mile from Chippenham the high road runs over a 
common of eighty acres (now enclosed), which occupies the centre 
of a table-land. The rectory house stands on the eastern edge of 
the common, and is connected with the high road by a drive 
running along a raised terrace. A large stone, marked a on Fig. 1, 
standing just above the turf, projected an inch or two into the drive. 
It had attracted notice for many years, and had provoked many 
questions, but no one knew anything about it. Old men remem- 
bered another stone, 8. Lest an accident might happen by a wheel 
striking upon the stone a, on a dark night, it was thought prudent 
to remove it. In January, 1886, an attempt was made to raise it. 
Then followed the discovery that, in connection with it were other 
stones, six or seven deep, set up in parallel vertical courses, which 
were carried in irregular curves north and south, rounding outwards 
and downwards to a depth of 2ft. Further examination showed 
that the general form of the whole work was that of an imperfect 
ellipse, from 2ft. to 3ft. broad, the eastern half being much more 
regular in its curvation, and the stones laid in better order than on 
1 The Committee desires to acknowledge its obligation to the Rev. C. Clarke, 
for the illustrations which accompany this paper. [Eb.] 
