The major part of our antiquity remains: tho’ many of the stones have been carried away within memory, to make bridges, houses, &c. 2. ’Tis an open temple of a circular form, made of stones set upright in the ground. The stones are rough and unhewn, and were (as I apprehend) taken from the surface of the ground. I saw stones lying in the field north of _Norton_, not far off, of good bulk, and the same kind as those of our antiquity. There are such in other places hereabouts, whence the Druids took them: tho’ in the main, carry’d off ever since, for building and other uses. 3. We observe the effect of the weather upon these works. This we are treating of, stands in a corner of the hedge of the inclosure, near the northern summit of the hill, “a great monument of antiquity,” says the excellent Mr. _Camden_, “a number of vastly great stones plac’d in a circular figure. They are of unequal height and shape, very much ragged, impair’d and decay’d by time.” Indeed as from hence we must form some judgment of their age, we may pronounce them not inferior to any in that respect; corroded like worm-eaten wood, by the harsh jaws of time, and that much more than _Stonehenge_, which is no mean argument of its being the work of the Druids. 4. We are led to this conclusion from the name. Mr. _Camden_ calls them _Rolle-rich_ stones. Dr. _Holland_ in his note says, in a book in the _Exchequer_ (perhaps he means doomsday book) the town adjacent, (whence its name) is _Rollendrich_, if it was wrote exactly, I suppose it would be _Rholdrwyg_, which means the Druids’ _wheel_ or _circle_. _Rhwyll_ likewise in the _British_, is _cancelli_, for these stones are set pretty near together, so as almost to become a continued wall, or _cancellus_. Further, the word _Roilig_ in the old _irish_ language, signifies a church; then it imports the _Druids’_ church, _chancel_, or _temple_, in the first acceptation of the word. We may call this place the _Gilgal_ of _Britain_, to speak in the oriental manner, a word equivalent to the _Celtic Rhol_, a wheel or circle, which gave name to that famous camp or fortress where the host of _Israel_ first pitch’d their tents in the land of _Canaan_; after they pass’d the river _Jordan_ in a miraculous manner, dry-shod, as ’tis described in the sublimest manner, and equal to the dignity of the subject, in _Joshua_ iv. There also we read, that _Joshua_ caused twelve men, a man out of each tribe, to pitch twelve stones in the channel of the river _Jordan_, where the ark stood whilst the people pass’d over, when the stream was cut off; they were set there for a memorial. And they likewise took up twelve stones out of the bed of the river, and _Joshua_ pitch’d them in _Gilgal_, in a circular form, which gave name to the place, meaning a _rhowl_ or _wheel_. And to this he alludes in the next chapter, in that passage, which otherwise is difficult to be understood; for here _Joshua_ circumcised the people, that rite