Lexicographical Neighbors of Sarsdens
Literary usage of Sarsdens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jefferies' Land: A History of Swindon and Its Environs by Richard Jefferies (1896)
"There still remain a number of sarsdens scattered about, but without any apparent
... Sarsens or sarsdens are also known as grey wethers or Druid stones. ..."
2. A Record of Excursions Made Between 1860 and 1890 by Thomas Vincent Holmes, Geologists' Association, Charles Davies Sherborn (1891)
"... much obliterated by cultivation, and to openings in the low-level gravel, here
thicker than usual. sarsdens are frequent here, mostly much water- worn. ..."
3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... either embedded or not, very common in the " Valley of Stones " near Avebury,
Wilts. When split or broken up they are called «arsons or sarsdens. ..."
4. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine by Edward Hungerford Goddard (1858)
"... adjoining rallies, and are thus described by Aubrey in his 'Natural History
of Wiltshire;' "They are also (far from the rode) commonly called sarsdens, ..."
5. A History of Berkshire by Charles Cooper King (1887)
"He further states that similar stones came from Lamborne Downs, so that these '
red flints' were possibly sarsdens; but' none have been discovered of ..."
6. Jefferies' Land: A History of Swindon and Its Environs by Richard Jefferies (1896)
"There still remain a number of sarsdens scattered about, but without any apparent
... Sarsens or sarsdens are also known as grey wethers or Druid stones. ..."
7. A Record of Excursions Made Between 1860 and 1890 by Thomas Vincent Holmes, Geologists' Association, Charles Davies Sherborn (1891)
"... much obliterated by cultivation, and to openings in the low-level gravel, here
thicker than usual. sarsdens are frequent here, mostly much water- worn. ..."
8. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... either embedded or not, very common in the " Valley of Stones " near Avebury,
Wilts. When split or broken up they are called «arsons or sarsdens. ..."
9. The Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine by Edward Hungerford Goddard (1858)
"... adjoining rallies, and are thus described by Aubrey in his 'Natural History
of Wiltshire;' "They are also (far from the rode) commonly called sarsdens, ..."
10. A History of Berkshire by Charles Cooper King (1887)
"He further states that similar stones came from Lamborne Downs, so that these '
red flints' were possibly sarsdens; but' none have been discovered of ..."
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