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building, which has not yet (perhaps we ought to say happily) 

 come under the hands of the restorer. The low plaster ceiling, 

 we should say, might go without any lamentation, but it is to be 

 hoped that, when the postponed but inevitable "restoration" 

 does at last come, it will take the form of preservation. It is 

 delightful to notice how this little church, indissolubly associated 

 with the memory of one of Dorset's best and most celebrated 

 sons, epitomises most of the styles of English architecture, 

 besides Perpendicular and Norman, Transitional, Early English, 

 all three of which are scarce in Dorset certainly in comparison 

 with the all dominating Perpendicular. The Rev. C. R. BASKETT 

 called attention to the pewter alms-dish, the sides of which are 

 ornamented with sets of four small perforated holes. Whitcombe, 

 we may add, is somewhat off the beaten track of antiquarian 

 show churches in Dorset, and has hitherto suffered undeserved 

 neglect ; but it will before long " come to its own " and be 

 recognised as one of the most architecturally interesting, as it is 

 admittedly one of the most beautiful, of the small parish churches 

 of Dorset. 



THE LlTTLEMAYNE SARSENS. 



The party next alighted from their vehicles at Littlemayne to 

 inspect what had been put down in the programme as the 

 remains of a stone circle ; but indeed the sarsen stones, many of 

 them almost entirely sunk under the surface of the soil, are so 

 scattered about the fields on both sides of the road, and in such 

 chaotic disarray, that on the spot the unaided eye could discern 

 little or no sign of cosmic design. And the problem is com- 

 plicated by the appearance of ancient earthworks in association 

 with the stones. Later in the day, at the request of the officers, 

 Mr. H. Le Jeune, of Parkstone, the member who re-discovered 

 the Hemsworth villa and last year made a plan of the Rempston 

 half-circle, kindly undertook, on behalf of the club, to survey the 

 ground and plot the stones on a large-scale map, and in this work 

 he obtained the promise of assistance from Mr. R. Dawes, a 

 young local antiquary of refreshing keenness. At Littlemayne 



