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YEARBOOK, PUBLIC MUSEUM, MILWAUKEE 



[Vol. II. 



SPECIAL NOTES AND NEWS 



STONEHENGE AND THE MOUNDS OF SALIS- 

 BURY PLAIN 



By George A. West^i 



A trip to Europe, and especially one to England, is not complete 

 without a journey to the famous archeological monument of Stone- 

 henge and to the many other points of historical and archeological in- 

 terest in its immediate vicinity. In fact, the whole of Wiltshire, in 

 southern England, is of special archeological interest. 



Fig. 11 . — Old Sarum as it appeared in 1922. The elevation on the right is 

 the site of the old Roman fortification. 



The city of Salisbury, also called New Sarum, is the capitol of 

 Wiltshire and is located eighty-one miles southwest of London and 

 twenty-three miles from Southampton. It is at the confluence of the 

 three small rivers, Wiley, Bourne and Avon, and dates from 1220, in 

 which year the cathedral, which is said to be the finest specimen of 

 English architecture, was founded. Its spire is the loftiest in England, 

 standing 406 feet in height above the pavement. The building is 473 

 feet long, about half as wide and with ceilings eighty-one feet high. 



Old Sarum, shown in figure 77 , two miles to the north of Salisbury, 

 and now being excavated, is the largest ancient entrenched camp in 



"President of the Board of Trustees, Milv/aukee Public Museum. 



