. Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Proc. Dorset Club. Vol. X. FLINT & STONE MASONRY, CERNE ABBAS BARN. dtxxit &bbzj) §iix\x. By H. J. MOULE, EFORE saying anything else let me express mythanks to Major-General Pitt-Rivers, , theRev. Sir Talbot H. R. Baker, the Rev. H. , Mr. Green, Surveyor on General Pitt-Rivers estate, and to Mr. Sprake, tenant of theBarton Farm, for help of various kinds mostcourteously afforded to me. The grand Abbey-Barn at Cerne seems hardly to have had its duename and fame among antiquaries. Whether look
. Proceedings - Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. Proc. Dorset Club. Vol. X. FLINT & STONE MASONRY, CERNE ABBAS BARN. dtxxit &bbzj) §iix\x. By H. J. MOULE, EFORE saying anything else let me express mythanks to Major-General Pitt-Rivers, , theRev. Sir Talbot H. R. Baker, the Rev. H. , Mr. Green, Surveyor on General Pitt-Rivers estate, and to Mr. Sprake, tenant of theBarton Farm, for help of various kinds mostcourteously afforded to me. The grand Abbey-Barn at Cerne seems hardly to have had its duename and fame among antiquaries. Whether looked at, however,as a piece of almost unsurpassable masonry, or as a noble design, itis one of the most noteworthy of Dorset mediaeval relics. All themore grievous is the loss of the greater part of the fine open roof,which fell a few years ago. The barn is now the property ofGeneral Pitt-Rivers, who, as Government Inspector of AncientMonuments, naturally took much interest in the structure. TheGeneral has shown me an extract from his estate journal, datedSeptember 27, 1886, in which it is directed th
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