Extract from a Letter to Rev. James Douglas. 129 
to fortify his house at Werdour (Wardour), and the grant has, in 
addition to the usual permission, “ crenellare, et castrum inde facere,”’ 
the castle, no doubt, afterwards so nobly defended by Lady Blanche 
Arundel, and of which the picturesque remains are still to be seen. 
EpwaRD PEACOCK. 
Extract from x etter by Ae. Cunnington, 
FS... to Reb. James Douglas, Author 
of “Henin Britannica.” 
@n the prostrate Stone (the “ Slaughtering Stone ’’) 
at Stonehenge. 
*‘T have spent a day and a half at Stonehenge, chiefly with Sir 
R, C. Hoare. I made the men dig under the prostrate stone so as 
to examine it thoroughly, and I have now Sir R. C. Hoare, Mr. 
Crocker, and an Irish gentleman who was present, to attest the fact 
that the aforesaid stone was originally placed in an erect position. 
That part of the stone which stood in the ground was rough, but 
_ those parts which were exposed were chipped smooth like the others. 
_ The hollow in which the stone now lies was occasioned by digging 
often to see what was under it.” 
Heytesbury, April, 1810. 
