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History of the Sarsenx. 



About two miles N.W. of Lambourn, Berks, the following- have 

 been measured : — 1 





Length. 



Breadth. 



Thickness. 



Solid Contents 



Weight 



No. 



Feet. 



Feet. 



Feet. 



in cubic feet. 



Tons. 



1. 



3 



2-5 



1 



7-5 



i 



2. 



4 



2 



8 5 



28 



2 



8. 



4 



4 



2 



32 



2i 



4. 



10-5 



2 



2 



42 



3 



6. 



5 



3 



8-5 



52-5 





6. 



8 



3-5 



2 



56 



4 



7. 



8 



55 



1 to 2 



66 (about) 



4| 



8. 



12 



6 



1 



72 



5 



9. 



6-5 



6.5 



2 



84-5 



6 



10. 



9 



5 



2 



90 



6* 



11. 



8 



8-5 



5 



340 





In "Welford- Woodlands, near Hangmanstone Lane, Berks :— 



Length. Breadth. Thickness. Solid Contents "Weight. 



Feet. Feet. Inches. in cubic feet. Tons. 



10—12 9 25 108 (about) 13i (about) 



At Wormstall Farm, south of and not far from Wickham, Berks, 

 there is a large flat Sarsen, nearly two tons in weight. 



On the north side of the Kennet, in a valley near Marlborough, 

 there is a conspicuous block, 13ft. long, 10ft. broad, 7ft. thick, 

 containing about 850 cubic feet, and weighing about 57 tons. " This 

 looks like a small hut at a distance." (Whitaker.) 



At Avebury (Aubury or Abury), in the great circle, is one of 

 these stones 16ft. high, and estimated to weigh 63 tons. One 

 nearly in the " Kennet Avenue" is 12ft. high, 6Jft. broad, and 

 3ift. thick. 



Lord Pembroke (Stukeley tells us) estimated the " general 



in Wilts to Abingdon, and on the downes about Royston, &c, as far as Hunting- 

 don, are here and there those Sarsden-stones." Aubrey's " Natural History of 

 Wiltshire," edited, &c, by John Britton, 1847, p. 44. 



" Greywethers .... These Downes look as if they were sowen with 

 great stones very thick," &c, p. 314. Aubrey and Jackson, 1862, 

 1 Mem. Geol. Surv., Sheet 13, 1861. 



