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Stonehenge and Other British Stone Monuments

by Norman Lockyer

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — Introductory
  3. 3Chapter II — The Astronomical Divisions of the Year
  4. 4Chapter III — The Agricultural Divisions of the Year
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Various New-Year Days
  6. 6Chapter V — Conditions and Traditions at Stonehenge
  7. 7Chapter VI — General Architecture of Stonehenge
  8. 8Chapter VII — Astronomical Observations at Stonehenge in 1901
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Archæological Observations at Stonehenge, 1901
  10. 10Chapter IX — Was There an Earlier Circle?
  11. 11Chapter X — The May and June Worships in Brittany
  12. 12Chapter XI — Astronomical Hints for Archæologists
  13. 13Chapter XII — Astronomical Hints for Archæologists — Continued
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Stenness (Lat. 59° N.)
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Hurlers (Lat. 50° 31′ N.)
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Dartmoor Avenues
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Dartmoor Avenues (Continued)
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Stanton Drew (Lat. 51° 10′ N.)
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Folklore and Tradition
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Sacred Fires
  21. 21Chapter XX — Sacred Trees
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Holy Wells and Streams
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Where Did the British Worship Originate?
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — The Similarity of the Semitic and British Worships
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — The May-Year in South-West Cornwall
  26. 26Chapter XXV — The Merry Maidens Circle (Lat. 50° 4′ N.)
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — The Tregaseal Circles (Lat. 50° 8′ 25″ N., Long. 5°…
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Some Other Cornish Monuments
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — The Clock-Stars in Egypt and Britain
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — A Short History of Sun Temples
  31. 31Chapter XXX — The Life of the Astronomer-Priests
  32. 32Appendices

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