The antiquities of England and Wales . Jtoi^ jBa^ 2toc^ Ma^onj-,. ^i>^ani^htrfc: ( ^35 ) DRUIDICAL MONUMENTS. X-/RUIDICAL Monuments confift of Obelifques, being largeflones or pillars fet up perpendicularly, Carnes or Carnedes, Crom-lehs or Cromleiches, Kill vaens, Rocking ftones, Tolmen or flonesof paflage. Rock bafons, and circles or ovals. Of single stones. These monuments are the mod fimple and undoubtedly ofmore ancient date than druidifm itfelf, they were placed as memo-rials recording different events, fuch as remarkable inftances ofGods mercies, contrails, fingular vi6lories, bounda
The antiquities of England and Wales . Jtoi^ jBa^ 2toc^ Ma^onj-,. ^i>^ani^htrfc: ( ^35 ) DRUIDICAL MONUMENTS. X-/RUIDICAL Monuments confift of Obelifques, being largeflones or pillars fet up perpendicularly, Carnes or Carnedes, Crom-lehs or Cromleiches, Kill vaens, Rocking ftones, Tolmen or flonesof paflage. Rock bafons, and circles or ovals. Of single stones. These monuments are the mod fimple and undoubtedly ofmore ancient date than druidifm itfelf, they were placed as memo-rials recording different events, fuch as remarkable inftances ofGods mercies, contrails, fingular vi6lories, boundaries, and fome-times fepulchres; various inftances of thefe monuments ere6ledby 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 confidered as objefls ofveneration, at length were by the ignorant and fuperftitiousidolatroufly worfhiped; wh
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