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It was while at Avebury in 1723 that he began a draft of the ''History of the Temples of the Ancient Celts''.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=51}} This work drew upon his fieldwork at both Avebury and Stonehenge as well as his field-notes from other prehistoric sites and information obtained from the 'Templa Druidum' section of Aubrey's ''Monumenta Britannica''.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=88}} The work also cited Biblical and Classical texts.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=88}} In the book, Stukeley discussed how prehistoric people might have erected such monuments using sledges, timber cradles, rollers and leavers.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|pp=88–89}} He devoted much space to refuting the suggestion, made by [[Inigo Jones]] and J. Webb, that Stonehenge had been erected by the Romans, instead attributing it to the prehistoric—or as he called it, "Celtic"—period.{{sfnm|1a1=Piggott|1y=1985|1p=88|2a1=Haycock|2y=2002|2pp=124, 128}} The druids are mentioned only briefly in the book, when Stukeley suggested that they might be possible creators of the stone circles.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=88}}
In 1724, Stukeley returned to Avebury and Stonehenge, returning via [[Ringwood, Hampshire|Ringwood]] and [[Romsey]] before heading up to [[Lincoln, England|Lincoln]] and then back down to Kent later in the year.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=71}} This was the final year in which he conducted fieldwork at Avebury.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=96}} In 1725, Stukeley engaged in the last of his great tours, this time with Roger Gale.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=73}} This took him from [[Dunstable]] up into the Midlands, where he visited Coventry, Birmingham, Derby and Buxton before heaving west to Chester and then north for Liverpool and the [[Lake District]]; there he visited stone circles like [[Long Meg and Her Daughters]] and [[Castlerigg stone circle]]. From there, Stukeley and Gale travelled further north to [[Whitehaven]] and then [[Hadrian's Wall]], following it along to Newcastle before heading south back to London via Durham and Doncaster.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=74}}
===Marriage and the clergy: 1726–46===
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