‘The History of Ancient Wiltshire’ First Edition Published 1812 ( Volume 1)
‘We speak from facts not theory’
Working alongside William Cunnington (who unfortunately died just before this book was published). Sir Richard Colt Hoare excavated 379 barrows on Salisbury Plain as well as identifying many other sites in the area. A dedication is included to William Cunnington at the beginning of the book, which is digitsed below .
Sir Richard Colt Hoare was born on 9 December 1758 and died on 19 May 1838. He purchased Glastonbury Tor in 1786 and funded the restoration of the church tower on top of it. His mausoleum is in St Peters church Stourton Wiltshire.
Thank you to Sir Antrobus, Fred Westmoreland , Amesbury History Centre, Colin Wheeler and Elms Creative Limited who have enabled Silent Earth to digitise and publish Sir Richard Colt Hoares seminal work here.
https://issuu.com/silentearth/docs/silent_earth_-_ebook__coare_hare__2
Great book with fantastic illustrations!! Some of the best maps i've seen clearly showing the 'Post Glacial Flooding' after the ice age that created our landscape. All we need is for the academics to realise these were flooded landscapes and mesolithic/neolithic peoples built their sites and monuments around them and we can move archaeology on another 200 years as the findings of Hoare has changed very little!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words Mr Daw, it was a pleasure to have the opportunity to digitise this seminal work.
ReplyDeleteI'm really grateful that you have digitised this. A great resource. I remember as a student poring over this in my first year at Southampton Uni. I'd be interested to know which copy you used?
ReplyDeleteHi - Yes it is great, but I didn't do it - follow the link to the team that did. Thanks Tim
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