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William Stukeley FRS FSA (7 November 1687 – 3 March 1765) was an English antiquarian, physician and Anglican clergyman. A significant influence on the later development of archaeology , he pioneered the scholarly investigation of the prehistoric monuments of Stonehenge and Avebury in Wiltshire.
Stukeley's drawings of the Sanctuary depicted them as ovals, whereas later excavations revealed them to be almost perfect circles. [28] He later presented the idea that the circles represented the head of a large serpent marked out in megaliths across the landscape. [29] Stukeley also recorded the destruction of the Sanctuary by local farmers. [5]
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This view was greatly popularised by William Stukeley. Aubrey also contributed the first measured drawings of the site, which permitted greater analysis of its form and significance. From this work, he was able to demonstrate an astronomical or calendrical role in the stones' placement.
Antiquarians and archaeologists, notably William Stukeley, were conducting excavations of megalithic sites, including Stonehenge and the nearby Avebury. Their findings caused considerable debate on the history and meaning of such sites and the earliest depictions reflected a search for a mystical explanation.
William Stukeley recorded the site in the 18th century when it was only partially destroyed, and suggested it extended further, although modern excavation and archaeological geophysics have not confirmed this. The Longstones, from Photo Album 20000603, held at the Alexander Keiller Museum.
Gloucester Blackfriars from the west. A 1721 view of Blackfriars by William Stukeley. Blackfriars buildings on the south side of the monastery. Blackfriars, Gloucester, England, founded about 1239, [1] is one of the most complete surviving Dominican black friaries in England. [2]
It was not until the early 18th century that Castlerigg came to the attention of the wider public, when William Stukeley (1687–1765) visited the site, in 1725. Stukeley's account of his visit to Castlerigg is brief and was published in his Itinerarium Curiosum [13] in 1776, 11 years after his death. Stukeley's visit is important, as it is the ...