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Chapter 1: ITINERARIUM CURIOSUM: OR, AN ACCOUNT OF THE ANTIQUITIES, AND REMARKABLE CURIOSITIES IN NATURE OR ART, OBSERVED IN TRAVELS THROUGH GREAT BRITAIN.
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An illustrated antiquarian travelogue documenting earthworks, Roman camps, stone circles, and other remarkable curiosities encountered on tours through Britain. It combines site descriptions, measured plans, engraved plates, and maps with interpretive commentary that evaluates monuments in Roman and pre‑Roman contexts. The volume reproduces a medieval itinerary with annotations and gathers essays, field notes, and drawings intended for a larger study of ancient remains. Practical itineraries, indices, and geographic notes accompany the observations, producing a blend of topographical description, visual documentation, and antiquarian argument aimed at recording and explaining visible traces of the past.

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Title: Itinerarium curiosum (centuria II)

or, an account of the antiquities, and remarkable curiosities in nature or art, observed in travels through Great Britain. To which is added, the Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester, monk of Westminster. With an account of that author and his work

Author: William Stukeley

Dubious author: of Cirencester Richard

Forger: Charles Bertram

Release date: January 29, 2024 [eBook #72806]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Baker and Leigh, 1776

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MAPPA BRITTANIÆ FACIEI ROMANÆ SECVNDVM FIDEM MONVMENTORVM PERVETERVM DEPICTA
Tabulam hanc Geographicam Antiquitatis Patriæ Cimelium celeberrimo viro Gulielmo Stukeley M.D., C.L.M., F.R.S. cet observantiæ testandæ ergo D. D. Carolus Bertramus 1755.
C. Bertramus ipse delin: ab Orig: & sculpsit.

ITINERARIUM CURIOSUM:
OR,
AN ACCOUNT OF THE
ANTIQUITIES,
AND REMARKABLE
CURIOSITIES
IN
NATURE OR  ART,
OBSERVED IN TRAVELS THROUGH
GREAT BRITAIN.

ILLUSTRATED WITH COPPER PLATES.

CENTURIA II.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,
The Itinerary of Richard of Cirencester,
MONK of WESTMINSTER.
With an ACCOUNT of that AUTHOR and his WORK.

By  WILLIAM  STUKELEY,  M.D.  F.R.  &  A.S.

O Patria, O Divûm domus, Albion, inclyta bello!
O quam te memorem, quantum juvat usque morari
Mirarique tuæ spectacula plurima terræ!


LONDON:
Printed for Messrs. Baker and Leigh, in York-Street, Covent-Garden.
M.DCC.LXXVI.


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