Hi. SALISBURY AND STONEHENGE. 



reasons for believing that Stonehenge was erected at the end of the Stone 

 Age or the beginning of the Bronze Age. This is the only known place of the 

 kind composed of worked stones, and the tools with which the bigger bits 

 were worked are found in large numbers large mauls with which the bigger 

 bits of stone were chipped off, smaller ones which could be used with both 

 hands, and yet smaller still, to be used with one hand, for doing the finer work ; 

 and under ground one can find a quantity of chips. As to how the stones were 

 got there, in Japan not long ago equally large stones were moved in a simple 

 way on rollers, being hauled by teams of men. Dr. Blackmore called attention 

 to the numerous barrows dotting the plain around. Altogether there are 

 some 300 of them, of the Bronze Age, and bearing the same relationship to 

 Stonehenge as a churchyard to a church. 



Leaving behind them the plain dotted with barrows and 

 passing Lake House, a fine specimen of Jacobean architecture, 

 the club crossed the river Avon by the bridge at Woodford 

 and reached Netton, beyond where, nestling among some old 

 elms, is Heale House, where Charles II. lay hid after the battle 

 of Worcester. Charming scenery lies between Netton and 

 Stratford, where the river Avon pursues its sinuous course. 

 Passing through a grove of beech trees they caught a glimpse of 

 the old house at Little Durnford, and shortly after entered the 

 village of Stratford. This church, some two miles from Salis- 

 bury, retains its 15th Century roodscreen, altered and added to 

 in the 18th century, also a wrought-iron hour-glass stand of 

 simple but good design. The tower was repaired in 1711 by 

 Thomas Pitt, son of Governor Pitt, of diamond fame. The 

 picturesque Vicarage house is known as Ma warden Court, 

 from a family of that name who lived there in the 15th century. 

 On the lintel over the entrance door appears the inscription : 

 " Parva, sed apta domino," 



At tea at the County Hotel, the PRESIDENT voiced anew 

 the indebtedness of the club to Mr. Doran Webb and Dr. 

 Blackmore for their kind offices. Then the party left for the 

 railway station. 



Owing to the exigencies of available space in the present volume it ha9 been 

 found necessary to omit much interesting matter in connection with Wiltshire 

 antiquities, notably two long contributions by the Rev. A. C. Almack and the 

 Rev. R. G. Bartelot. The latter appeared in the Dorset County Chronicle 

 of Aug. 25th. (ED.] 



