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374 another, and therefore is evidently of later date than some of the barrows of the district. A foreign block near the first great trilithon, on the north-eastern side, has two holes in it (Fig. 145), which, in the opinion of Mr. Stevens, have probably been intended to receive libations like the elf-stones and cup-stones described in the last chapter. The present ruined condition of Stonehenge is represented in Fig. 145, borrowed from the work of Mr. Stevens. 144.—Stonehenge as it probably was. (Brown.)

The foreign stones, composing the inner circle and the inner apse, some of which are igneous, may have been derived from Wales, Cornwall, or from the Channel Islands. It is obvious that they would not have been transported to Salisbury Plain excepting under the influence <!-—second half of Hyphenated word moved from page 376—->