We all know that Merlin built Stonehenge "not by force, but by art, brought and erected the giant's ring from Ireland." Okay, well, we don't know that, but apparently, those were the thoughts of a fifteenth century writer. A small sketch and reference to Stonehenge has turned up in the Scala Mundi (The History of the World), a Latin document written in 1440 and found in northern France. The sketch tries to depict how the monument was built and suggests that in 1440, the fourth trilithon was still standing at the time -- only three stand today.
11.27.2006
Stonehenge
We all know that Merlin built Stonehenge "not by force, but by art, brought and erected the giant's ring from Ireland." Okay, well, we don't know that, but apparently, those were the thoughts of a fifteenth century writer. A small sketch and reference to Stonehenge has turned up in the Scala Mundi (The History of the World), a Latin document written in 1440 and found in northern France. The sketch tries to depict how the monument was built and suggests that in 1440, the fourth trilithon was still standing at the time -- only three stand today.
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