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The Thirty-third General Meeting. 



Report of Deputation to Examine into the Present State of 

 the Stones at Stonehenge — July 20th, 1886. 



In the course of last autumn and winter urgent appeals were 

 made from time to time to the Wilts Archaeological and Natural 

 History Society to lift up its voice with all the authority it possessed 

 in defence of Stonehenge, which was reported to be undergoing 

 daily injury at the hands of an unchecked public, whereupon 

 the Society resolved to send some of its own Officers to see for 

 themselves, and report its condition. 



Accordingly a deputation (consisting of the two Honorary Sec- 

 retaries, a former Honorary Secretary, and one of the Curators of 

 the Museum,) visited Stonehenge on July 20th last, and carefully 

 examined every stone in order, noting down on the spot its exact 

 condition, with special reference to injuries of recent date : and now 

 desire to finish their task by submitting the following detailed report 

 to the Society. The numbers refer to the very handy Plan of 

 Stonehenge in its Present Condition, appended to Mr. Cunnington's 

 "Notes on the Fragments/' printed in 1884, in the Magazine, 

 vol. xxi., p. 141. 



No. 1. Slightly injured by recent chipping and cutting of letters. 

 „ 2. Untouched of late years. 

 „ 3. Two very small chips of recent date. 

 „ 4. Chipped in several places recently. 

 M 5. Chipped in two or three places. 

 M 6. Much chipped. 

 „ 7. Very much chipped. 



9J 8. Original surface, not only injured, but completely gone ; 



though not much damaged of late years. 

 „ 9. Injured in two places. 

 „ 10. Slightly scratched. 

 „ 11. Slightly scratched. 

 „ 12. Surface very much damaged. 

 „ ] 3. Surface considerably damaged. 

 „ 14. Uninjured of late. 

 „ 15. Very little injured. 



