156 GEBAT STONES Ohap." III. 



contour of the projecting parts and of the ad- 

 joining ground, which was not quite level, 

 was thus ascertained, as shown in the ac- 

 companying diagram (Fig. 7) on a scale of 





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Pig. 7. 



Section through one of the fallen Druidical stones at Stonehenge, 

 showing how much it had sunk into the ground. Scale i inch 

 to 1 foot. 



^ inch to a foot. The turf-covered border 

 sloped up to the stone on one side to a 

 height of 4 inches, and on the opposite side 

 to only 2h inches above the general level. 

 A hole was dug on the eastern side, and the 

 base of the stone was here found to lie at a 

 depth of 4 inches beneath the general level 

 of the ground, and of 8 inches beneath the 

 top of the sloping turf-covered border. 



SuflScient evidence has now been given 

 showing that small objects left on the surfaee 



