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‘Gothicism, ignorance and a bad taste’: the destruction of Arthur's O'on

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Iain G. Brown
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In the year 1725 William Stukeley entered into correspondence with the eminent Scottish antiquary, Sir John Clerk of Penicuik. 'It has been a frequent matter of wonder to me', wrote Stukeley in his first letter, 'that so many monuments of Antiquity as Scotland may justly boast of, should for ages past lye exposed to the sun, neglected and untouched, whilst every corner of Italy is ransacked and threadbare, we waste away immense sums of our treasure for some abject gleanings there, overlooking a rich and ripe harvest at our own doors.

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Antiquity , Volume 48 , Issue 192 , December 1974 , pp. 283 - 288
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1974

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