CONTENTS. The Scriptures throw a light upon our monuments of antiquity- method of treating the subject-the monuments themselves - Altars or Cromlechs-Carn altars, called Bel's or the Sun's fire- passing through the fire-light from Scripture-Pillars or Obelisks -early mention in Scripture, and their probable origin-Circles of stone called circular temples-the writer's personal knowledge of them-design of their erection-account of their origin in Scripture-Pillars and stones as marks and memorials-first mention in Scripture-Carns or heaps of stones, their design four- fold-light from Scripture on these Carns-Barrows or tumuli- early mention in Scripture-Rock Idols-remarkable as having holes and channels on their top-many observed by the writer- "Cheese Wring" in Cornwall-these rocks, Idols, or pedestals for Idols-light from Scripture-Druid's Stone Chair-Druids" Houses-Druids' Hermitages-remarkable Roman inscription on THE RELIGION OF THE BRITISH ISLES IN THE DAYS OF HEATH- ENISM, AND THAT OF THE PHOENICIANS MUCH THE SAME; AND THAT THEREFORE THESE MONUMENTS ARE OF PHŒNI- An obvious difficulty, and how removed-intercourse between Israel and the Phoenicians-Israel learnt their customs, and hence Scripture notice of them-which customs pass from the Phoenicians to these Isles-History, sacred and profane, prove commercial intercourse, and first with the Isles of the Mediterranean-proceed to Spain at length to the British Isles-as appears from profane history-also, from sacred history-Phoenicians introduced their religion wherever they settled-Recapitulation, shewing that the Druidical worship formerly existing in the British Isles was of A DISSERTATION ON THAT REMARKABLE MONUMENT OF AN TIQUITY STONEHENGE, AS CONNECTED WITH THE FORE- GOING ESSAYS. The subject mysterious-occasion of the dissertation-truth and perspicuity desirable-description of the building-personal in- spection of it--some things particularly worthy of notice-the stone called the Altar-stone considered. General View or Definition of the Antiquity-"A place of General Assembly of the States and Inhabitants of Britain for the celebra- tion of their public religious festivals; for the Inauguration of their Kings, and for General Councils"-built by the direction of the Druidical priesthood as originally Phoenician; under the patronage of the British States-constructed by the use of rollers, levers, &c.-moreover, that besides the Area or Court and the Trench, the Barrows are connected with it; and that these latter are burying places of the honoured dead. In particular. A place of General Assembly of the British States, &c.-at public festivals-for public idolatrous worship- Conclusion. How to account for such a state of things in COMPENDIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE DRUIDS. The Druids their great power over kings, nobility, and people APPENDIX. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. MANSFIELD. HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF PORTLAND HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE Henry Gally Knight, Esq. M.P. John Coke, Esq., 3 Copies John Need, Esq. Francis Hall, Esq. Colonel Wildman Henry Hollins, Esq. 2 Copies Edmund Sykes, Esq. Mrs. Walker, 3 Copies William Brodhurst, Esq. John Edward Brodhurst, Esq. Samuel Siddons, Esq. John Dodsley, Esq. Mr. George Neale Mr. Martin Furniss Mr. Samuel Hurt Mr. Francis Wakefield Mr. George Long, 3 Copies Mr. Robert Watson Mr. William Sabine Reverend John Downall Mr. Richard Parsons Miss Roome Mr. Solomon Foster Mr. William Paulson, junior Mr. Joseph Wood Mr. Charles Neale Thomas Hallowes, Esq. NOTTINGHAM. Mr. Barber Reverend Joseph Gilbert Mr. William Dearden Mr. Richard Sutton Mr. William Wilson Mr. Kirke Swann Mr. J. Bradley Mr. F. B. Gill Mr. Thomas Herbert Mr. William Herbert Thomas Wakefield, Esq. Mr. Samuel Fox Mr. T. H. Smith Mr. John Higginbottom Mr. John Hicklin Richard Morley, Esq. Mr. Richard Allen Mr. C. H. Clarke Mr. Alderman Soars Mr. George Carey Mr. W. B. Carter Mr. John Leavers John Mills, Esq. Mr. John Howitt Mr. Robert Attenborough J. Williams, M.D. Mr. Thomas Cullen, junior Mr. Jonathan Hine Mr. Smith Fowler Mr. Percy Mr. J. Staveley Mr. Samuel Biddulph Mr. George Hopkinson NEWARK. Reverend H. L. Adams CHESTERFIELD. J. H. Hulme, Esq. Joseph Hodgson, Esq. R. Malkin, Esq. Reverend Thomas Hill Reverend Robert Wallace Mr. William Robinson DERBY. Reverend William Gell Reverend Mr. Macklin Mr. Bowden Mr. Forman Messrs. W. and W. Pike Mr. Bemrose Mr. Rowbotham Messrs. Wilkins and Son. SHEFFIELD. Reverend John Gibson Mr. John Sanson Mrs. Parker Reverend Charles Laram |