Stonehenge prehistoric monument, Wiltshire, England, UK. Early 19th century drawings showing ground plan of fallen stones and proposed plans to restore the monument

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Illustration from Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities published circa 1845. This image has been cleaned to remove bleed thru text. The original image can be purchased by searching for MA7YW5. Early 19th century drawings of the site showing the stones fallen and plans as to how they could be restored to erect positions. Info from wiki: The first recorded excavations at Stonehenge were made by William Cunnington and Richard Colt Hoare in 1798 and again in 1810. They dug around a fallen Trilithon and a fallen slaughter stone, and discovered that they had once stood up.

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