SALISBURY AND STONEHENGE. H. 



or keep, where the most extensive and remarkable work has been done. Some 

 deep square vaults have here been cleared out to a considerable depth, showing 

 the walls to be of massive well-squared stones, and closely jointed. Through- 

 out the foundations the ashlar is an excellent example of Norman masonry. 



Entering the Museum on the spot where all interesting finds 

 are deposited, the party viewed the carved stones, remains of 

 pottery and old glass, &c., recovered during the excavations. 



The PRESIDENT, in expressing the thanks of the Club to 

 Colonel Hawley for kindly acting as guide, spoke of how 

 greatly the interest which the club took in Old Sarum had been 

 enhanced by the excavations. 



AMESBURY PRIORY CHURCH. 



A drive over the downs brought the Club to Amesbury, 

 where, under the guidance of Mr. Doran Webb, an examination 

 was made of the Church, a fine cruciform building with a low 

 central tower. 



Its architecture dates from the 12th Century onwards. There is a hand- 

 some 15th Century wooden roof to the 'nave ; the tower arches and transepts 

 are of Early English work, the chancel being somewhat later. The present 

 East window is an unfortunate bit of " restoration " by Mr. Butterfield, re- 

 placing a Perpendicular window (shown in Hutchins). A controversy arose, 

 about the year 18GO, as to whether this church, or a church some distance to 

 the north, was the real priory Church ; but Mr. Doran Webb was able to show 

 ample grounds in support of the histoi ic view. To Dorset visitors the quaintl y 

 carved Norman corbels were a reminder of Studland and Worth Matravers. 



STONEHENGE. 



After lunch at the George Inn, another drive over the downs 

 brought the party to Stonehenge, to which they were admitted 

 by the permission of Sir E. Antrobus. 



Dr. BLACKMORE, standing upon the prone upright lying over the so-called 

 altar or sacrificial stone, first described clearly the plan upon which Stonehenge 

 was constructed, and then the different kinds of stone used the larger stones 

 sarsens from Salisbury Plain, obtained from the wasting of the Reading and 

 Woolwich beds, and the smaller tho so-called " blue stones," syenite or 

 diabase, of which there are nine different varieties, and which are spoken of as 

 " the mystery of Ston henge," and it cannot be told whence they came. The 

 plan of the horse-shoa enclosed in a circle is se n in similar remains scattered 

 over a wide are of the world, ranging from the Indian hills through Persia, 

 Spain, and the north of France to Salisbury Plain. Dr. Blackmore gave his 



