5. Monuments of the Stonehenge type, but ruder, are found in the following neighbouring counties in South Britain: Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire.
6. Though Wiltshire only contains four such monuments, two of them, Avebury and Stonehenge, are the most remarkable in the kingdom.
Avebury, the older of the two, has been almost destroyed, but when perfect was one of the largest.
Stonehenge, the later, is the most finished example of a megalithic circle in England.
There seems to be no valid reason for supposing that Stonehenge was erected by the Druids. ([See page 67.])
VIII. The Barrows Near Stonehenge
The Barrows round Stonehenge were the burial places of a bronze-using race, of almost the same date as the Circle; they were erected mostly after the building of Stonehenge, and are more numerous in this spot than in any other part of England. ([See page 73.])