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Plans and photographs of Stonehenge and of Turusachan in the Island of Lewis, with notes relating to the Druids and sketches of cromlechs in Ireland

by Great Britain. Ordnance Survey & H James

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source

Plates 1-3 are zincographic plans of Stonehenge. Plates 4-11 are mounted albumen photographs of Stonehenge. First unnumbered plate is a zincographic plan of Turusachan. Second unnumbered plate is a zinographic drawing of Turusachan. Plates [12]-15 are zincographic drawings of cromlechs in Ireland. The drawings were made on zinc by 2nd Corpl. W. Goodwin, R.E., after sketches by James. The plans may have been reproduced by photozincography, a technique in which James took an expert interest; see his entry in DNB. All plates are tipped onto stubs Includes at end "List of books published by the Ordnance Survey Department and on sale to the public" ([4] p. ; 32 cm.) DNB Sloan candidate Library's copy inscribed by author on t.p. to "Mrs. Madden."

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Megaliths, stone circles, and archaeoastronomy.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Cromlechs”. Retained metadata contains “Cromlechs” in the title, “Cromlechs” in the description, “Cromlechs” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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1867-01-01T00:00:00ZSouthampton : Ordnance Survey OfficeEnglishPublic digitized item

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
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