“Stonehenge Tumuli No. 1” (map)

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Identification note: On the reverse “Environs of Stonehenge, portion of an early survey by Cr4ocker and Son, numbering by Sir R. C. Hoare. Mr Cunnington’s copy.”

Summary: Plan of Stonehenge environs showing numbered tumuli indicating those that are to be opened and those that had been opened. Early ninrteenth century. Tumuli numbers 1-55.

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