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An antiquarian survey documents a large megalithic temple and several neighboring prehistoric monuments, presenting measured plans, engravings, and detailed observations of their layout and construction. It argues these sites functioned as centers for an early, patriarchal religion practiced without images, traces conceptual links between eastern and western ritual traditions, and proposes scenarios for the initial settlement and spread of peoples in the islands. Classical authorities and comparative examples are marshaled to interpret features and rites, blending field description with speculative historical and religious interpretation.

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Title: Abury, A Temple of the British Druids, With Some Others, Described

Author: William Stukeley

Release date: February 25, 2021 [eBook #64626]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ABURY, A TEMPLE OF THE BRITISH DRUIDS, WITH SOME OTHERS, DESCRIBED ***
TAB. I. frontispiece.
Stukeley del.
E. Kirkall sculp.
The Groundplot
of the Brittish
Temple now the
town of
Aubury Wilts.
Ao. 1724

ABURY,
A
TEMPLE
OF THE
British   DRUIDS,
With Some Others,
DESCRIBED.

Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal
religion; and of the peopling the British Islands.
    ———Quamvis obstet mihi tarda vetustas,
Multaque me fugiant primis spectata sub annis,
Plura tamen memini——                   Ov. Met. XII. v. 182.
By WILLIAM STUKELEY, M.D.
Rector of All-Saints in Stamford.
LONDON:
Printed for the Author: And Sold by W. Innys, R. Manby, B. Dod,
J. Brindley, and the Booksellers in London.
M DCC XLIII.