CHAP. X.] 



TEMPLES OF BRONZE AGE. 



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blocks of sarsen stone, 12 feet 7 inches high, bearing 

 imposts dovetailed into each other, so as to form a 



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SCALE 

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FIG. 143. Ground-plan of Stonehenge as it probably was. (Stevens.) 



continuous architrave (see Fig. 143). Nine feet within 

 this was a circle of small foreign Atones, B of figure, and 

 within this five great trilithons of sarsen stone, c, forming 

 a horseshoe ; then, D, a horseshoe of foreign stones, eight 

 feet high, and in the centre a slab of micaceous sandstone 

 called the altar-stone, E. When perfect it probably formed 

 a temple like the restoration (Fig. 144) made by Mr. 

 Brown. At a distance of 100 feet from the outer line a 

 small ramp, with a ditch outside, formed the outer circle, 

 300 feet in diameter, which cuts a low barrow and in- 



