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imi' l Live ohlniimil every relative ;i rr, u men I OB ttl In;. lory , however I bft?6 



featured to haaard aa opinion that th@ W^ihvh or stooe ef adoratioBi situated 

 without the eespetltious or grass elrel©, was the primary ereotioBi fee win. -it 

 the i.-iMpin wai dedicated j Hi" stone 1b fehe first place to the pure worship 

 of the Deitj find bhe temple afterwards fee fehe Mithraie, or fire worship j 

 mill therefore eoasldered justly by Stukeley rs a temple to the SuUj especially 

 i bhe adytum Is eertaialy epea to the Bastera e^uartei Sammes who wrote 

 before Stukeley Is plghl la his eoojeeture oi Its being of Phmaiclaa orlglB; 

 greeted fee feheir celebrated Hercules, whose rites were symbolic of the Sub 

 iin.i therefore this Deity [Is] represeated »>•> looking through chicks er 

 erevises with this motto OMJfi \ ^ibsns Both Greek aad Roman authority 

 anerl feheexisteaoe ef bis pillars at Cades . doubtless astruetureof aahewa 

 steae . and bis pepreseatai Iob ei leaaiag ea a olub Is ealy a yulgai pei versiou 

 oj bis peal bistery bj the Ignorant Greeh writers, who hmi unm m i lut Mm 

 mythology el all nations to theirs aad by feheii aatioaal ?aalty> oeafeuaded 

 uiui perplexed Mm real history oi feheir progeaitors Hollagshedj la hi» 

 ehroalols ei Sootlaod; has this eurieus eatry la the life oi Kins Mamlusi 

 I shall here feraasorihe It foi youi perusal as an argument fee prove that the 

 writers ef the Scottish bistery from whom be quotes always eoasidered fehese 

 olreues ef unhewn steaei ef a fai remoter period than Mm huer-eeiiin^ wiitom 

 oi ( lhaples's days 



•• ■ Mamius rtlag ei Seetlaad apea religious devetloa towards fehe GtoddeSj 

 Imvin^ un ttnoiiKfoi imiini - , Mint, without Mmir favour all worldly policies were 

 hut vain, devysed suadrle partes ei bis dominions to l»u appn y n t «ui out, ami 

 compassed about with gve&t huge Hqwgs p§wnd >•< but towards 

 t ho south was eae w&sKHq itontiffow § qv%9%w than ,<// th§ ve9t % piiQ\@& 

 up tit lint it itc-i- ,<f mi miner, whereoa (at whleh) febeii priests might make 

 feheir sacrifices In boaeur ef feheir Goddeii Ea wltaesi of the thlag there 

 rem ay Beth unto this day eertaiac ei these greate stones staadiag rouad, 

 ping wise (vid ftelrlek stoaes) whleh places are called by fehe eommoa 

 people fehe eld Chapels ef the doddes a maa would marvel by what shift; 

 policy er strength such mlghtli stoaes were paised la that manner/ 



" N il This king accordlag fee Harrison Bad Soethlus (lorished about 

 three buadred years before ( Ihi 1st 



"it not feired with my aatle^uarlaa gossip*] shall feature ea aaether 

 remark Had Stoaeheage beea ei Druid erigla or evea afterwards ooase 

 orated fee feheii rlteii fehe Homaui uader Claudius aad fehe sueoeedlag 

 smperors, who abolished feheir rites aad supprest feheii coayocatioaii would 

 iiiont assuredly have overthrown fehe Temple of StoaeheagOi The absurd 

 Idee Muii. linn beea started el it" beiag erected after feheir blmeii Prom Its Bot 

 belog mentioned In bheli writings by Tacitus ei Dioi may be setisfaotorlly 

 aaswered with fehis remark , fehat these erections 01 slmilai olruuos of the 

 Eastern colonliers were common In all fehe northern regions which bhey 

 cverraa . (aor do I think fehey were dilapidated before bhe Chriitiaa pera .) 

 mi. t which fehe Romans held sacred fee bhe Gods of bhoie aatlous whom fehey 

 ooaquered [a my letter bo m> Coxe I meatloaed fehe prostrate itoae |ust 

 opposite the Bfthyfa aad close within bhe outward olrcle* Thiipuailed 

 Btukeleyi who ascribed It to aa altar stoae I bhlali bhls probable, but n" 1 



