Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net * * * * * +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note: | | | | Inconsistent hyphenation matches the original document. | | | | Typographical errors have been corrected in this text. | | For a complete list, please see the bottom of this document. | | | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ * * * * * STONEHENGE: TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY [Illustration: Stonehenge as it probably was. Plan & Bird'seye View.] STONEHENGE TODAY & YESTERDAY BY FRANK STEVENS Curator of the Salisbury Museum with Plans and Illustrations by HEYWOOD SUMNER. F.S.A. [Illustration] LONDON: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd Price 1s net 1916. FOREWORD The interest that has always attached itself to Stonehenge has, without doubt, been in a great measure due to the mystery as to the origin of this unique monument of bygone time. But the careful investigations carried out by the modern school of archaeologists, as instanced in the work of General Pitt Rivers, Mr. Gowland, and others, every excavation being carried out with great care and scientific accuracy, have had good results; little by little the history of Stonehenge has been unravelled; a fact that Mr. Stevens has clearly demonstrated in the present volume. We now know how, when, and who, built this remarkable temple. One point, however, still remains a mystery, viz. whence the so-called foreign stones were obtained? Clearly, as geology shows, from no spot in Wiltshire. Amongst the many rude stone circles scattered over Great Britain, Stonehenge is unique, in the fact of having its sarsen stones carefully though roughly worked; and also in the introduction of the horseshoe within the circles, in the design or plan of the building. As in the present day, our churches, in their design, symbolise the Cross, so we may fairly infer that the horseshoe at Stonehenge had its own special meaning, as it still has in the East. I would advise all interested in the subject, after reading Mr. Stevens' lucid and comprehensive account, to visit this weird monument and judge for themselves; take Omar's sound advice, "_To-day_" view the "_Dead Yesterday_," wait not for the "_Unborn To-morrow_." H.P. BLACKMORE. SALISBURY. _March 1, 1916._ CONTENTS PAGE FOREWORD v STONEHENGE SUMMARISED FOR VISITORS 1