CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I. Introduction[1]
II. Stonehenge and other great stone monuments in England and Wales[15]
III. Megalithic monuments in Scotland and Ireland[34]
IV. The Scandinavian megalithic area[52]
V. France, Spain and Portugal[59]
VI. Italy and its islands[76]
VII. Africa, Malta, and the smaller Mediterranean islands[90]
VIII. The Dolmens of Asia[114]
IX. The builders of the megalithic monuments, their habits, customs, religion, etc.[123]
X. Who were the builders, and whence did they come?[143]
Bibliography[159]
Index[167]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

Stonehenge from the south-east[Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
I. Stonehenge from the south-west[17]
II. Mnaidra, doorway of Room H.[82]
II. The Nuraghe of Madrone in Sardinia[82]
III. Temple of Mnaidra, Malta. Apse of chief room[100]
FigurePAGE
1. Plan of Stonehenge[16]
2. Avebury and Kennet Avenue[23]
3. Plans of English Long Barrows[31]
4. Horned tumulus, Caithness[39]
5. Plans of three dolmen-types[40]
6. Type-plan of simple corridor-tomb[42]
7. Type-plan of wedge-shaped tomb[44]
8. Corridor-tomb at New Grange, Ireland[47]
9. Corridor-tomb at Ottagården, Sweden[53]
10. Plan of La Pierre aux Fées, Oise, France[61]
11. Chambered mound at Fontenay-le-Marmion, Normandy[63]
12. Plan of La Grotte des Fées, Arles, France[65]
13. The so-called dolmen-deity, Petit Morin, France[66]
14. Plan of corridor-tomb at Los Millares, Spain[69]
15. Section and plan of a talayot, Majorca[72]
16. Section and plan of the nau d'Es Tudons[73]
17. Elevation, section and plan of a Sardinian nuraghe[83]
18. Plan of Giant's Tomb at Muraguada, Sardinia[87]
19. Plan of stone circle at the Senâm, Algeria[94]
20. Plan of the Sese Grande, Pantelleria[97]
21. Plan of the Sanctuary of Mnaidra, Malta[99]
22. Dolmen with holed stone at Ala Safat[115]

ROUGH STONE MONUMENTS