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The bulletin
Fix this text«The Bulletin,” Vol. 71 —No. 365 '
Fix this textWednesday, March 15, 1950
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
Fix this textJeppelts
Fix this textpROM cast, west, north and south the
Fix this textA oldest trackways of southern England
Fix this textall converge towards Salisbury Plain, a
Fix this textvast expanse of rolling hills and wind-
Fix this textswept grasslands which is still probably
Fix this textlittle _ changed in appearance from pre-
Fix this texthistoric times. No other part of Britain
Fix this textis so redolent with mystery, so deeply
Fix this textcharged with the spirit of the past. Here
Fix this textare to be found Stonehenge, Silbury Hill
Fix this textand Avebury Circle and over two
Fix this textthousand “barrows,” which clearly indi-
Fix this textcate the sacred associations this district
Fix this textmust have had for prehistoric man.
Fix this textStonehenge is, of course, the most
Fix this textfamous prehistoric relic in Britain, but
Fix this textit is surpassed in size by Avebury Circle,
Fix this textnear Marlborough, which is the largest
Fix this textmonument of its kind in the world. It
Fix this textwas constructed probably by the same
Fix this textpeople who built Stonehenge, and it has
Fix this textbeen compared to the latter “as a
Fix this textcathedral to a parish church.” The
Fix this textCircle, which is three-quarters of a mile
Fix this textm circumference, is composed of enor-
Fix this textmous unhewn blocks of stone. Within it
Fix this textare two smaller circles, the innermost
Fix this textavmg in its centre a single standing
Fix this textstone weighing about sixty tons. Sur-
Fix this textrounding the whole monument is a vast
Fix this textampart of earth fifteen feet high and with
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Fix this textggestmg a religious rather than a de-
Fix this textensive Qbjcct for the entrenchment. Some
Fix this textlaea of the great size of the circle is evi-
Fix this textAv n i, fron l. the fact that the village of
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Fix this textThe arm ori Smal appearance,
Fix this textonly a Dordn any f m ! • P ho tograph shows
Fix this textment. ° n 1S tremendous monu-
Fix this textton ? excavati ons disclosed the skele-
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Fix this textdated him to the Iw C ° ins in his pouch
Fix this textteenth centurv ? rst K quarter of the four-
Fix this textare renuteri /’ Avebur y and Stonehenge
Fix this textleast as I d haV£ been in exis tence at
Fix this textand thev ea r rly as 2000 to 1500 b.c.,
Fix this textfirchaeologicafm 311 ! today the Breatest
Fix this textglcal mystery of Britain.
Fix this textUNKNOWN STILL IS THE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE OF AVEBURY CIRCLE
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Fix this textHOUSE OF SEPPELT
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