70 Ancient Stone-Work on Langley Burrell Common. 
So it seems that in John Aubrev’s time all the stone-work ought to 
have been visible. 
Some human bones have been found scattered here and there, 
much broken and splintered. If there ever were an interment in 
the centre of the internal area, the skeleton would have been broken 
into when the drive was made. The presence of bones above ground 
may favour the conjecture that the body was laid upon the pitching, 
and a cairn or barrow raised over it. Some paved burial places 
remain in Cornwall. 
There was originally a circular plateau of earth enclosing the 
stones, as appears in Fig. II., where A is the work just now laid 
open ; a great quantity of the soil has been removed, but the outline 
remains. From the circumference of the plateau radiated five or 
six terraces of earth, about 6ft.. broad, like the spokes of a wheel, 
with dykes on either side, and ran in right lines across the country. 
One of these terraces is still perfect, a 4, on Fig. II.; it is carried 
for 120 yards in a continuous line, and diverges in an obtuse angle, 
and, being broken by low ground and old earthworks, disappears for 
100 yards, but is then taken up again and carried on through other 
fields toe de. The carriage drive to the rectory runs over another 
terrace, g A. A third, A 4, as also a fourth, Af, an a fifth, A 4, 
were levelled by living men. The sixth, if it ever existed, cannot 
be traced, but should have run south-east. These terraces are called 
by the old people “ Zhe Paths,” and were much higher in their 
young days. They may have been “ Sacre Viz,” converging upon 
one sacred centre, the sepulchral shrine of the chief of some 
warrior tribe, in prehistoric ages. 
The plans of reference, illustrative of this paper, were drawn by 
the Rev. C. Clarke, Vicar of Langley Ftzurse, who also printed off 
the plates, and has presented them to the Wilts Archeological 
Society. 
There are other ancient earthworks, mounds, and terraces on 
different parts of the common, which require careful examination 
J.D: 
1 Tn the diagram of the points of the compass on this plate the position of the 
letters E and W must be reversed. 
