1895/03/01 by Arthur John Evans · 3 citations
Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Archaeology and Rock Art Studies #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Medieval Literature and History #Folklore #History #Folk song #Geography #Ancient history #Archaeology #Art #Literature
paper · doi:10.1080/0015587x.1895.9720276
openalex publication_date 1895/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/03
PERHAPS owing to their.occurrence in a part of England where such remains are rare, the Rollright stones have from very early days attained a celebrity in England quite disproportionate to their actual dimensions, and have become household words while many more important megalithic piles have-been almost forgotten.The Stone Circle, otherwise known as Rolldrich, is found already in the lists of the mediaeval compilers of the " Marvels of Britain," and in one entry it even appears as the second wonder of the realm. 1 It is,thus described by Camden; 3 " Beneath Einsham, Evenlode a little river) arising like wise out of Cotteswald speedeth him into Isis: which riveret on the very-border of the shire passeth by an.ancient; Monument standing not farre from his bank, to wit, certaine large stones placed in a round circle (the, common people • usually call them Rolle-rich stones, and dreameth that they were sometimes men by a wonderfull Metamorphosis turned into hard stones).The draught of them, such as it is, portrayed long since, heere I represent unto your view.For, without all form and shape they bee," unequall, and by long continuance of time much impaired.) In a MS. in the library of Benet College, Cambridge, falsely ascribed to Bede, cited by Mr. Thomas Beesley in a paper on the Rollright Stones.