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PREFACE

v

CHAPTER

I.

INTRODUCTORY

1

II.

THE ASTRONOMICAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR

12

III.

THE AGRICULTURAL DIVISIONS OF THE YEAR

17

IV.

THE VARIOUS NEW-YEAR DAYS

25

V.

CONDITIONS AND TRADITIONS AT STONEHENGE

34

VI.

GENERAL ARCHITECTURE OF STONEHENGE

55

VII.

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE IN 1901

62

VIII.

ARCHEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE, 1901

69

IX.

WAS THERE AN EARLIER CIRCLE?

88

X.

THE MAY AND JUNE WORSHIPS IN BRITTANY

96

XI.

ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS

107

XII.

ASTRONOMICAL HINTS FOR ARCHÆOLOGISTS (Continued)

118

XIII.

STENNESS (Lat. 59´ N.)

123

XIV.

THE HURLERS (Lat. 50° 31´ N.)

133

XV.

THE DARTMOOR AVENUES

145

XVI.

THE DARTMOOR AVENUES (Continued)

157

XVII.

STANTON DREW (Lat. 51° 10´ N.)

166

XVIII.

FOLKLORE AND TRADITION

178

XIX.

SACRED FIRES

180

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XX.

SACRED TREES

200

XXI.

HOLY WELLS AND STREAMS

213

XXII.

WHERE DID THE BRITISH WORSHIP ORIGINATE?

232

XXIII.

THE SIMILARITY OF THE SEMITIC AND BRITISH WORSHIPS

252

XXIV.

THE MAY YEAR IN SOUTH-WEST CORNWALL

261

XXV.

THE MERRY MAIDENS CIRCLE (Lat. 50° 4´ N.)

265

XXVI.

THE TREGASEAL CIRCLES

277

XXVII.

SOME OTHER CORNISH MONUMENTS

287

XXVIII.

THE CLOCK-STARS IN EGYPT AND BRITAIN

294

XXIX.

A SHORT HISTORY OF SUN-TEMPLES

304

XXX.

THE LIFE OF THE ASTRONOMER-PRIESTS

316

APPENDICES.

I.

DETAILS OF THE THEODOLITE OBSERVATIONS AT STONEHENGE

325

II.

SUGGESTIONS ON FIELD OBSERVATIONS

329

INDEX

333