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Abury. 



a temple to Termiuus, erected by the Romans under Vespasian to 

 mark tlie northern boundary of the Belgce, and that it had been 

 constructed in the form of a wedge, which the Roman Geographers, 

 according to Tacitus, considered to be the shape of Britain. He 

 also maintained that upon the death of Titus Vespasian, " Agricola 

 caused Selbury Hill to be cast up for his honorary monument." 

 From the supposed resemblance of the temple and its adjvmcts to 

 a wedffe, Twining gave it the name 'Cunetium.' The accompanying 

 cut is reduced from Twining's plan of Abury, which is interesting 

 from its inaccuracy and absurdity. 



CUNETIUM. Eomano-Britiinnicum Insulx totius Secundum veterem Formam indigitans, sxve 

 Circus Lapideus Aveburiensis Ad Ordincm priinarium in dies pcritumm Me.vocatm. 



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N.B. The Cirnis here 

 descriietl is letvcen 

 three and four miles. 



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• • Note. This Drmight is i/itended only to shew the Ancient 



• • order and form of the Worh; not the exact number of stones, 



" after such miiUiiudcs have been carried off' and destroyed. 



From the discursive account of Twining, in which there is much 

 that is altogether irrelevant, all that bears on the actual condition 

 of Abury and its precincts, as observed by him in 1723, five years 

 after Dr. Stukeley's first visit, is here introduced in his own words. 



"I take Avebury to have been a temple to Terminus; and that 

 Mr. Cambden meeting with some such tradition, was inclined to 



