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JAMES, Sir Henry 
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. 
Shelfmark: 10351.i.2. 
Publisher: [Southampton: Ordnance Survey Department,] 1867. [4], 20, [8]p., [19] plates: plans. 4° (35 cm). 
Country: England 
Subject: Megalithic monuments - Great Britain; Megalithic monuments - Ireland 
Acquisition: CRO 24 Sep 1879 
Notes: The author, Col. Sir Henry James, was Director-General of the Ordnance Survey. - Eight of the plates are photographs of Stonehenge. (Col. James is included in five of them.) 
Photographer: Ordnance Survey Department, under Colonel Sir Henry James 
Description or title: Photographs of Stonehenge and Turusachan in the Island of Lewis, taken in 1867. 
Contains photos of: Buildings 
General photo size: 18.5 x 23 cms 
Photographs:
1   Stonehenge. Centre trilithon and Altar Stone under the left upright and capstone of the trilithon. 
2   Stonehenge. Trilithon on the left of Altar Stone. 
3   Stonehenge. Trilithons from the south west. 
4   Stonehenge. Central entrance through outer circle and upright of trilithon. 
5   Stonehenge. Trilithons and part of of outer circle. 
6   Stonehenge. Inclined upright and capstone of central entrance. 
7   Stonehenge. View from south west. 
8   Stonehenge. General view from the line of the central entrance. 

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