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[[File:Rollright Stones (part), Oxfordshire - geograph.org.uk - 605684.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Rollright Stones]] in [[Oxfordshire]], which Stukeley visited, describing it as "the greatest Antiquity we have yet seen... a very noble, rustic, sight" which could "strike an odd terror upon the spectators".{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=38}}]]
In August 1709, Stukeley moved to London to further pursue medicine under doctor [[Richard Mead]] at [[St Thomas' Hospital]].{{sfnm|1a1=Piggott|1y=1985|1p=32|2a1=Haycock|2y=2002|2pp=43–44}} In March 1710, he left the city to
From 1710 until 1725, Stukeley embarked on a horseback expedition through the countryside at least once a year, taking notes on the things that he observed.{{sfnm|1a1=Piggott|1y=1985|1p=32|2a1=Haycock|2y=2002|2p=46}} In 1710, for example, he first visited the prehistoric ceremonial complex, the [[Rollright Stones]].{{sfn|Haycock|2002|p=129}} At the time, his interests were not purely antiquarian, for he also took notes on [[landscape gardens]] and other more recent constructions that he encountered.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=37}} In 1712, Stukeley embarked on an extensive tour of western Britain, taking in [[Wales]] before returning to [[England]] to visit [[Grantham]], [[Derby]], [[Buxton]], [[Chatsworth
Stukeley befriended the antiquary [[Maurice Johnson (antiquary)|Maurice Johnson]] and joined Johnson's [[learned society]], the [[Spalding Gentlemen's Society]], which is still based in [[Spalding, Lincolnshire|Spalding]], Lincolnshire.{{sfnm|1a1=Piggott|1y=1985|1p=34|2a1=Haycock|2y=2002|2p=45}} A 1714 letter indicates that Johnson recommended several books on British history to Stukeley, apparently at the latter's request; the suggested titles included [[Julius Caesar]]'s ''[[De Bello Gallico]]'', [[John Milton]]'s ''[[The History of Britain (Milton)|The History of Britain]]'', [[Robert Brady (writer)|Robert Brady]]'s ''An Introduction to the Old English History'', [[Peter Heylin]]'s ''Help to English History'', and [[Richard Rowlands]]' ''A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence in Antiquities concerning the most noble and renowned English Nation''.{{sfnm|1a1=Piggott|1y=1985|1p=35|2a1=Haycock|2y=2002|2p=110}} Another letter to Johnson, this time from May 1714, reveals that Stukeley was assembling a series of chronological tables of all British kings since [[Brutus of Troy]]; following the medieval historian [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]], Stukeley believed that the legendary Brutus was a real historical figure.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=40}} In September 1716, he wrote an account of [[Richborough Castle]], a Roman [[Saxon Shore]] fort in Kent.{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=34}} That same year, he described having made a model of the Neolithic/Bronze Age stone circle of [[Stonehenge]].{{sfn|Piggott|1985|p=40}}
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