The antiquities of England and Wales . DRUIDICAL (<uv/c or ( *35 ) DRUIDICAL MONUMENTS. Dr UIDICAL Monuments confift of Obelifques, being largeftones or pillars fet up perpendicularly, Carnes or Carnedes, Crom-lehs or Cromleiches, Kift vaens, Rocking ftones, Tolmen or ftonesof paffage, Rock bafons, and circles or ovals* Of SINGLE STONES. These monuments are the rnoft fimple and undoubtedly ofmore ancient date than druidifm itfelf, they were placed as memo-rials recording different events, fuch as remarkable inftances ofGods mercies, contracts, lingular victories, boundaries, and
The antiquities of England and Wales . DRUIDICAL (<uv/c or ( *35 ) DRUIDICAL MONUMENTS. Dr UIDICAL Monuments confift of Obelifques, being largeftones or pillars fet up perpendicularly, Carnes or Carnedes, Crom-lehs or Cromleiches, Kift vaens, Rocking ftones, Tolmen or ftonesof paffage, Rock bafons, and circles or ovals* Of SINGLE STONES. These monuments are the rnoft fimple and undoubtedly ofmore ancient date than druidifm itfelf, they were placed as memo-rials recording different events, fuch as remarkable inftances ofGods mercies, contracts, lingular victories, boundaries, and fome-times fepulchres; various inftances of-thefe monuments erectedby the patriarchs, occur in the Old Teftament. Such was thatraifed by Jacob at Lug, afterwards by him named Bethel, fuchalfo was the pillar placed by him over the grave of Rachael. Theywere likewife marks of execrations and magical talifmans. These ftones from having long been conlidered as objects ofveneration, at length were by the ignorant and fuperftitiousidolatrouily worfhiped j wherefore^ after t
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