An Enquiry Into the Patriarchal and Druidical Religion, Temples, Being the Substance of Some Letters to Sir Hildebrand Jacob, Bart. Where-In, the Primaeval Institution and Universality of the Christian Scheme Is Manifested the Principles of the Patria (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1755. Excerpt: ... to the whole Height. The Interval is Half the Breadth of a Stone; and the Thickness of a Stone is Half its Breadth. Of the Uprights there are 17 left standing; 11 of which remain continuous by the Grand Entrance with 5 Imposts upon them. One Upright more, at the Back of the Temple, or on the South-west, leans upon a Stone of the Liner Circle. There are 6 more lying upon the Ground, whole or in Pieces. So that 24 out of 3 o are still visible at the Place. There is but one Impost more in its proper Place, and but two lying upon the Ground: So that 22 are carried off. Through the middle of the principal Entrance runs the principal Line of the whole Work, the Diameter from North-East to South-West. This Line cuts the Middle of the Altar, the Length of the Adytum or Cell, the Entrance into the Court, and so runs down the Middle of the Avenue to the Bottom of the Valley for almost 2000 Feet together. This is very apparent at first Sight, and determines this for the principal Entrance. Upon this Line are all the principal Centres that compose the Work. It varies a little from true North-East. Five Cubits inward from the Inside of this exterior Circle, is another Circle of much smaller Stones. A Radius of 23 Cubits strikes the Inner Circumference; of 24, the Outer. The Stones that composed it were 40 in Number; forming with the Outer Circle a very noble and delightful Walk 300 Feet in Circuit. They are a Cubit thick and 4 Cubits and a half high. This was their stated Proportion, being every Way the Half of the Outer Uprights. Such seems to have been the Original Purpose of the Founders; tho' in some Places the Stones are broader than the Intervals, and in some otherwise. There are scarce any of these entire as to all their Dimensions. The Central Distance of thes...