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already described are the three sarsen stones standing by themselves 

 in the middle of the field, of which a plan is given. Of these the 

 one to the eastward is a very large stone lying on its side, some 3ft. 

 high and 7ft. long above ground. The other two are comparatively 

 small stones, but have evidently been broken up. The distance 

 between the stones is in each case 59ft, measuring from the outside 

 of the stones. These stones, as they stand, have much the ap- 

 pearance of having formed part of a circle, but there is no sign of 

 any other stones, or of depressions in the turf from which other 

 stones may have been removed. Still, an old man informs me that 

 he remembers many large stones in this field being broken up in his 

 early life, and he rather iJiinks that they stood in a circle. His 

 evidence, however, is not suflBciently strong to build upon. 



Near the stones I have found several worked flints and pottery o£ 

 rude type. 



By the side of the road which runs in front of Day House Farm 

 and passes through the circle first mentioned are five stones which 

 may possibly have formed part of an avenue. They lie in a line to 

 the north of the circle, which, if continued, would cut through the 

 circle and through the three stones beyond it, already described. 

 Several of these are stones of considerable size, though only just 

 their upper surface is now visible as they lie beside the road. 



The first of these stones is near the main Swindon Road, on the 

 east side of the Day House Eoad. The other four lie on the opposite 

 side of the road, or in the ditch. The distance between the first and 

 second is 400ft.; between the second and third, 191ft. ; between 

 the third and fourth, 65ft. ; and the same distance between the fourth 

 and fifth. I cannot find any stone nearer to the circle than this 

 last. It has been suggested that these stones are lying beside the 

 road because they have been removed from the cultivated fields — 

 but a stone 6ft. long is such an awkward thing to move that if the 

 only object was to get rid of them they would have been broken up 

 rather than drawn to the roadside. The equal distances, too, between 

 the third and fourth, and fourth and fifth stones, seem to point to 

 their having been intentionally placed there. 



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