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of them are comprised in a comparatively small 

 space : a square mile would include the whole. 

 They are situated in an open, fertile tract, on 

 the borders o"F an inlet of the sea ; and if they 

 were really temples, dedicated to Druid ical wor- 

 ship, so many being collected together would 

 almost imply that this spot was the seat of a 

 college. Next to Stonehenge, they are, perhaps, 

 the most interesting remains which have been 

 found in Great Britain. 



" The largest of these structures has the form 

 of a cross, with a circle at the intersection, and 

 a large central stone. Its total length, at pre- 

 sent, is 588 feet, but other stones are found, in 

 the same direction, for above 90 feet farther; so 

 that we may suppose the whole length to have been 

 nearly 700 feet. The cross line, which intersects 

 that one at right angles, measures 204 feet, but 

 it probably was much greater ; and the diameter 

 of the circle that occupies the interior of the 

 cross, is 63 feet. The stone which marks the 

 centre is 12 feet in height ; the other stones 

 rarely reach beyond 4 jfeet, though a few of 

 7 or 8 feet high are to be found, and one reach- 

 ing to 13 is seen near the extremity of the long- 

 line. The intervals between them vary from 2 

 to 10 feet ; and the whole number of stones, 

 either erect or recently fallen, is forty-seven. 

 The aspect of the whole work is very striking, as 

 it occupies the top of a gentle eminence of moor- 



