By the Rev. W. C. Lulls. 



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There is not much to choose between the drawings, such as they are, 

 of Aubrey and Stukeley, but there is so much fancifulness in the 

 restored plan of the latter that doubt is thrown upon the accuracy of 

 his description; whereas there is in my opinion more careful and 

 truthful drawing in the plans of Aubrey, and from these plans and 

 a comparison with the Britanny monuments I have been led to the 

 above conclusion. 



This then is one of the points of faint resemblance that I notice, 

 between Avebury and Carnac. Holding this opinion of separate monu- 

 ments I am almost inclined to think that a third monument of like 

 character i.e. composed of rows of stones associated with a circle, lay 

 on the Beckhampton side. I feel, however, that I have very little 

 evidence to produce in support of this view, but there is scarcely 

 better evidence in proof of the Overton Hill circles having been uni- 

 ted with those of Avebury by an unbroken avenue of stones, and of 

 another avenue directed towards Beckhampton " forming the tail of 

 the sacred serpent," according to Stukeley. 



One other point of resemblance may be stated. In Britanny the 

 circular enclosure is invariably situated on an elevation, or on the 

 summit of gently rising ground. Here in Wilts one set of circles 

 was on Overton Hill, and the great circular enclosure of Avebury is 

 on a gentle elevation. 



The points of dissimilarity between Avebury and Carnac are 

 numerous. At Carnac there are many Lines of Stones in each 

 monument, at Avebury there were never more than two. In the 

 Carnac and neighbouring circles there is no vallum and no fosse, 

 and no concentric circles; — at Avebury there are all these. 



Notwithstanding these differences I should imagine the destination 

 of all these monuments to have been the same ; and I should point 

 to the Britanny ones for priority of date. 



I have not seen the stone avenues of Dartmoor — but they are 

 described by Sir Gardner Wilkinson as in some instances pointing 

 to and leading up to concentric circles and cromlechs or cists, and as 

 therefore being in some way connected with sepulchral monuments, or 

 serving some religious purpose in connection with theburialof the dead. 



There are few circles not associated with avenues in the Morbihan. 



