CONTENTS

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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.Archæological 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[189]
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]