Drawings Stones from chambered tomb

Object number

LDSAL2020.38.198

Production date

19th century

Material

Paper
Pen
Ink

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 255mm
Width: 293mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

THE HOAR STONE THAMES HEAD
THE 'ZUNT-STONE' KEMBLE HEAD

References

Reference (free text)

Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 2nd series 2 (1861-1864): 275-9. Refers to the excavation of Windmill Tump, at Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, by the Rev Samuel Lysons in 1863, and includes an illustration of a stepped stone not unlike the one in this drawing. The barrow is not far from the Upper Thames at Cricklade.