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. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. West KeiUKt, as one avenue ; and the other, the tail, in the direction of Stukely makes the number of stones, 652 in all, as under: — StOIU-S. The great circle . 100 Outer circle north of the centre 30Inner ditto . .12 Outer circle, south . 30 Inner ditto . .12 Cove and altar stone, north circle 4 Central pillar and altar, soutli circle . .2 Kennet avenue . 200 lieckhampton avenue . 200 Outer circle of Hackpen . -JInner ditto . .18
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. West KeiUKt, as one avenue ; and the other, the tail, in the direction of Stukely makes the number of stones, 652 in all, as under: — StOIU-S. The great circle . 100 Outer circle north of the centre 30Inner ditto . .12 Outer circle, south . 30 Inner ditto . .12 Cove and altar stone, north circle 4 Central pillar and altar, soutli circle . .2 Kennet avenue . 200 lieckhampton avenue . 200 Outer circle of Hackpen . -JInner ditto . .18 stone. Cove jambs . 3 A stone he calls the ring stone . 1Closing stone of the tail . I Total . 662 Of these, only seventy-six stones remained in the Kennet avenue in 1722. The large circle was enclosed by a trencli or vallum upwards of 50 ft. in deptli and between CO and I 70 ft. in width, leaving entrances ?tsri i ^£o open where the avenues intersected g3 ^^^ ; ^^ ^^ y it. The colossal mound, called \ W €63 Sj e f QI I <f \ % %? Silhury hill, close to the Bath road, was probably connected in f^ i ^ / ^ s
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