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Note on a Dolmen at Stoke Bishop. By M. ¥. Scort. 
(Read February roth, 2904.) 
This monument stands to the left of the entrance gate of 
Druids’ Stoke, and just inside the grounds. I quote Seyer’s 
description,* not only as being accurate, but as contained in 
a work not often met with. Mr. Seyer says :— 
“Tt consists of one large stone, and three small. The large 
“stone is 104 (feet) in length, 24 thick, and 54 at the broadest. 
“Tt has been thrown down, and having fallen on one of the 
‘smaller stones, which stood beneath, it partly rests upon it, and 
“is prevented from lying flat on the ground, so that at first sight 
“it appears a cromlech (¢.e. dolmen) or altar stone. Of the three 
“smaller stones, the first has already been mentioned, as sup- 
“ porting the great stone ; it is about three feet above the ground. 
‘* Another lies close to it westward, and the third a few feet 
“ distant north-westward : the two last are broken off close to the 
“sround, they may be fragments separated when the great stone 
“fell down. That which was its northern or north-eastern face 
“when it stood upright, which now lies nearest to the ground, is 
“tolerably smooth, and of the natural colour of the stone ; all 
“other parts are eaten into deep holes by the action of the 
“weather, and are slightly covered with moss, and the colour is 
“dark and dirty. The stone is a millstone grit, or breccia, and 
“was probably brought from the foot of Kingsweston Hill, about 
**q mile distant, where numbers of the same sort, although not of 
“equal size, still lie scattered on the ground, and many more 
“were formerly to be seen, until Mr. F. collected them for the 
“foundation of his house.” 
Mr. Seyer, though he seems inclined to doubt that this 
erection was a dolmen, does not suggest any other theory, and 
* Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and its Neighbourhood,” 
by Rev. Samuel Seyer, M.A., 1821. Vol. I., p, 103. 
