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adaezeHave recently been passed a hand-me-down Very Large, Very Authoritative looking, History of England. Not sure quite how old it is, but probably Victorian from the style.
"The belief now appears tolerably settled, that Stonehenge was a temple of the Druids. It differs, however, from all other Druidical remains, in the circumstance that greater mechanical art was employed in its construction, especially in the super-incumbent stones of the outer circle and of the trilithons, from which it is supposed to derive its name; stan being the Saxon word for a stone, and heng to hang or support."
"The belief now appears tolerably settled, that Stonehenge was a temple of the Druids. It differs, however, from all other Druidical remains, in the circumstance that greater mechanical art was employed in its construction, especially in the super-incumbent stones of the outer circle and of the trilithons, from which it is supposed to derive its name; stan being the Saxon word for a stone, and heng to hang or support."
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Date: 2008-10-14 07:43 pm (UTC)