contour of the projecting parts and of the adjoining ground, which was not quite level, was thus ascertained, as shown in the accompanying diagram (Fig. 7) on a scale of
Fig. 7.
Section through one of the fallen Druidical stones at Stonehenge, showing how much it had sunk into the ground. Scale ½ inch to 1 foot.
½ inch to a foot. The turf-covered border sloped up to the stone on one side to a height of 4 inches, and on the opposite side to only 2½ inches above the general level. A hole was dug on the eastern side, and the base of the stone was here found to lie at a depth of 4 inches beneath the general level of the ground, and of 8 inches beneath the top of the sloping turf-covered border.
Sufficient evidence has now been given showing that small objects left on the surface
