Stonehenge as it probably was. Plan & Bird'seye View....

The interest that has always attached itself to Stonehenge has, without doubt, been in a great measure due to the mystery as to the origin of this unique monument of bygone time. But the careful investigations carried out by the modern school of archæologists, as instanced in the work of General Pitt Rivers, Mr. Gowland, and others, every excavation being carried out with great care and scientific accuracy, have had good results; little by little the history of Stonehenge has been unravelled; a

Each statement is furnished with a reference to the particular pages in this book, where fuller information and arguments "for and against" may be found. I. When and by whom Stonehenge was built ( a ) Stonehenge was erected about the year 1700 B.C. (See page 51.) ( b ) It was built by a race or men who had only a slight knowledge of the use of bronze, and no knowledge of iron. ( See pages 40-49. ) II. Stonehenge consists of ( a ) A circular earthwork, 300 feet in diameter. ( See page 34. ) ( b )