By W. Jerome Harrison, F.G.S. 



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implements during the progress of the work convinced this able 

 observer that Stonehenge was a Neolithic sun-temple. 



During the early part of the same year (1901) observations by Sir 

 K. Lockyer and Mr. Penrose upon the present point of sunrise at 

 the summer solstice, as compared with that indicated by the axial 

 line of Stonehenge as existing at the time of erection of the sarsen 

 stones, enabled these astronomers to name <t 680 B.C. as the probable 

 date of erection of the temple. 1 This would correspond to the 

 early part of the Bronze Age. 



The two results agree fairly well — for Montelius mentions 

 1800 B.C. as the probable date of the beginning of the Bronze Age 

 in Britain ; and thus at last the reproach may be said to have 

 been wiped away, and the hoary stones made to reveal — in part, 

 at all events — the story of their purpose and antiquity. 



Much, however, remains yet to be done in the way of careful 

 restoration ; and from this much more will doubtless be learnt. 

 Above all it is desirable that these world-famous relics of antiquity 

 — Stonehenge and Avebury — should become the property of the 

 nation ; and that they should receive the constant care and pro- 

 tection which is their due, and which future ages have a right to 

 demand from us. 



SUBJECT CLASSIFICATION. 



In the following lists references are given to the principal 

 authors who deal with each of the subjects named. Names 

 occurring in the Addenda are indicated by the letter (a) placed 

 after them. 



Anglo-Saxons. 



Allen ; Bede, ; Bowles ; Earle ; Grimm ; Ingram ; Kemble ; 

 Palgrave, SirF.; Turner, S. ; "Wright (1852). 



1 As another example of the necessity for accuracy in scientific observations 

 we may note that while the guide-books tell us that the distance from 

 " Salisbury to Stonehenge is eight miles," Lockyer and Penrose write : — " the 

 distance from the centre of Stonehenge to Salisbury Spire being 41,981 feet." 



