•  The  earliest  erections  of  which  we  have  any  distinct  account,
(excluding  from  our  present  inquiry  the  details  of.  architecture
purely  domestic,)  are  the  memorial  stones  described  in  the  Old
Testament.  All  the  remaining  structures  of  remote  antiquity,
which  are  usually  referred  to  the  times  and  practices  of  the
Druids*,  are  of  this  kind,  and  are  probably  connected  with,  the
same  system.  Without  attending  to  the  single  stones  which
are  found  in  various  localities,  and  which  clearly  belong  to  the
same  class,  we  shall  first  describe  a  singular  and  stupendous
monument  now  existing  in  France,  and  exhibiting,  we  have  no
doubt,  the  very  oldest  specimen  of  architectural  arrangement.
