THE 



WILTSHIRE MAGAZINE. 



"multobum manibus gbande levatub onus."- -Ovid. 



By Mr. Cttnnington, F.G.S. 



N his valuable paper on " The Petrology of Stonehenge," 1 

 Professor Maskelyne speaks of the large number of chips or 

 fragments that may be found by searching beneath the surface soil, 

 immediately round the great circle of stones, especially on the south 

 and west sides of it. Connected with this subject some important 

 facts have since come to light, which we would now record in the 

 Wiltshire Magazine. 



Many specimens had been found on the surface during the short time 

 that the Society was holding its gathering at Stonehenge, in August, 

 1876, but the attention of visitors having been directed to them, every 

 fragment has been picked up, and none can now be found. In 1880 

 Mr. H. Cunnington dug up several specimens under the turf just 

 within the vallum ; and in other excavations in July o£ the following 

 year he made discoveries which must not be passed by without 

 notice. 



It is well here specially to mention the important addition which 

 he then made to our knowledge of Stonehenge by the discovery of 

 the stumps of two of the stones, the existence of which had pre- 

 viously been unknown. One of these is the base of an obelisk 

 belonging to the inner ellipse, situated between Nos. 56 and 58 of 



1 Wiltshire Magazine, vol. xviL, p. 159. 

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