Itinerarium curiosum (centuria II) : $b or, an account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain. To which is added, the Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester, monk of Westminster. With an account of that author and his workStukeley, William
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Itinerarium curiosum (centuria II) : $b or, an account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain. To which is added, the Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester, monk of Westminster. With an account of that author and his work
Stukeley, William
Great Britain -- Antiquities -- Early works to 1800; Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
because in a strait walk there is but always the same variety (if we
may talk so) presented to the eye; whereas in ours, the circles not
being exactly at the same distance from one another as the stones are,
and therefore not confining themselves to so strict a regularity,
it must have heightened that agreeable diversification. It is very
obvious, that the compilers used art and consideration in adjusting the
diameters with the number of the stones, and that one circle should
not be vastly disproportionate to another: thus the outermost circle
is 310 foot in diameter; therefore it receives 32 stones at 30 foot
interval: the next is 250 in diameter, with 28 stones: the
next, 230; consequently requires 22 stones to complete it: the next is
150 foot in diameter, consisting of 16 stones: the innermost is 90,
therefore has 9 stones; but then two of them are crowded together, and
set at an angle a little obtuse, so that they form a sort of niche, or
cove, of a different manner from any other. Several of these stones
are fallen, several stand; which may be better understood by surveying
the drawings, than by a tedious recapitulation: therefore I took
different views of the work hereabouts, where it is most intire, that
in after-times, by comparing the prints with the life, the difference
may appear, if any shall be; but I hope they ever will be useless to
those that view the place itself, and that the owners of the estate
will preserve the monument for the glory of their country.
[Illustration: 78·2ᵈ.
_The_ Cove _at_ Stanton Drew
_Stukeley del._]
[Illustration: 83·2ᵈ.
+Celtic+ Temples
Biscaw wn _in Cornwal_
Meineir gwyr _Carmardynshire_.
Maen yu daus _In Maddern Parish in Cornwall_]
[Illustration: 82·2ᵈ.
_A perspective Section of the Giants Castle in the vale of Glenbegg
Scotland._]
[Illustration: 81·2ᵈ.
_The_ Celtic Temple _at Classerness on the Isle of Lewis in_
Scotland.]
[Illustration: 80·2ᵈ.
_On a Mountain near the famous Fortification At Dynegeguill near
Bellenrope in the County of Mayow, but in Inys-Kynhairn Parish,
’tis 29 Paces diameter._
Karrachan _by Lochbury in Mull_
_A_ Druid Temple _at Mynydh Garreg, in the Parish of lhan Gyndeyrn.
The Circle about 10 yᵈˢ. diam., the highest stone not 3 foot._
_By Mawnog Grigog in Penmorva Parish Carnarvonshʳ_]
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