Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Grey Wethers

These are huge boulders, either embedded or not, very common in the “Valley of Stones” near Avebury, Wilts. When split or broken up they are called sarsens or sarsdens.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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