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that they were bred here or brought hither." The ground itself is chalk ; 

 while such "voluminous bulks" could be borne by no wain or wagon, 

 " This hath put learned men on necessity to conceive them artificial stones, 

 consolidated of sand." (See Vol. I., pp. 103—104 ; ed. of 1845.) 



Gairdner, Jas. [b. 1828] ; Historian. 

 1879. Early Chroniclers of England ; 8vo., viii., 328 : London. 



An account of those writers — Gildas ; Henry of Huntingdon ; Geoffrey of 

 Monmouth, and others— down to the time *6i Shakespeare, who have 

 recorded the early legends about Stonehenge. 



Gale, Roger [1672 — 1744] : Antiquary. 

 The brothers Roger and Samuel Gale were the sons of Dr. Thos. 

 Gale [1636—1702], Dean of York, who published in 1684—91 

 the Historian Britannicm (fol.) ; which includes the works of Gildas, 

 Nennius, Higden, etc. The " learned brothers. Gale " were the 

 close friends and companions of Dr. Stukeley (he married their 

 sister), and they worked with him at Stonehenge and Abury in 

 1718—19—21. 



1718 — 40 c. Memoirs of Stukeley [edited by Lukis for Surtees 

 Soc, 1882 — 87 ; three vols., 8vo. : London]. 



These memoirs include some hundreds of letters and notes which passed 

 between Stukeley and the brothers Gale. Vol. III., p. 268, E. Gale 

 writes to Stukeley re the latter's book on Stonehenge (1740) : — "I think 

 you have omitted one remarkable particular, which is that the avenue up 

 to the chief entrance was formerly planted with great stones, opposite to 

 each other, upon the side banks of it, for I very well remember we observed 

 the holes where they had been fixt, when you and I surveyed the place, 

 such as you have at Abury, and it seems absolute necessary that an avenue 

 should have such a distinction of stones or trees to point it out." 



1790. Account of the Eollrich Stones (Keliquise 



G-aleanse) : Bibliotheca Topog. Britannica, III., 224 — 5. 

 The entrance to the circle was from the N.E. The stones themselves are 

 from a quarry. 



Gale, Samuel [1682 — 1754]: Antiquary. 

 1705. Tour through England [MS.]. Bibliotheca Topog. 

 Britannica] 4to. : London: 1780 — 1795. 



The Bibliotheca Top. Brit, was issued by John Nichols in ten vols. The 

 paper by Samuel Gale occupies pp. 1 — 48 in Vol. III., published 

 1790. There is a folding plate showing the route from Salisbury to 

 Stonehenge. For Stonehenge see pp. 24—26, 185, and 464. Mr. Gale 



