Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1868 |
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Page 170
... circles , and therefore means what is ordinarily meant by a stone circle . But of such circles he hardly knows of any in France ; at least he only refers to one of twelve stones in the Chartrain district , and having a diameter of sixty ...
... circles , and therefore means what is ordinarily meant by a stone circle . But of such circles he hardly knows of any in France ; at least he only refers to one of twelve stones in the Chartrain district , and having a diameter of sixty ...
Page 171
... circles he recog- nises the sun in the highest , the earth in the middle one , and the moon in the lowest and smallest . But whatever the nature of this enclosure , it does not look like a stone circle ; so that we may conclude this ...
... circles he recog- nises the sun in the highest , the earth in the middle one , and the moon in the lowest and smallest . But whatever the nature of this enclosure , it does not look like a stone circle ; so that we may conclude this ...
Page 172
... circle must have had a circumfe- rence of five miles , putting the kilomètre at 3,288 Eng- lish feet . If it is meant that the diameter is a kilomètre , it would still be a very large circle , greater than our own Avebury circle . It is ...
... circle must have had a circumfe- rence of five miles , putting the kilomètre at 3,288 Eng- lish feet . If it is meant that the diameter is a kilomètre , it would still be a very large circle , greater than our own Avebury circle . It is ...
Page 173
... circle ) almost entirely wanting , the reverse seems to be the case in these islands , where the circles are the rule , and the alignments the exception ; and even where they are found , they are so small , and , comparatively speaking ...
... circle ) almost entirely wanting , the reverse seems to be the case in these islands , where the circles are the rule , and the alignments the exception ; and even where they are found , they are so small , and , comparatively speaking ...
Page 174
... circle , and , crossing it , continued to the stone circles . ( Hist . Scot . , vol . i , p . 154. ) Sir James Simpson , in his British Archaic Sculptur- ings , one of the most valuable contributions of this cen- tury to the ...
... circle , and , crossing it , continued to the stone circles . ( Hist . Scot . , vol . i , p . 154. ) Sir James Simpson , in his British Archaic Sculptur- ings , one of the most valuable contributions of this cen- tury to the ...
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