Excerpt from The Hill of the Graces
Of course the matter thus brought to light attracted some attention of the learned at home; and more than one writer on early remains has referred to the megaliths of Tripoli; but with such scanty material to study, it could hardly be expected anything very definite could be deduced from the Tripoli ruins. Among these writers, the only one who needs notice here is Fergusson, who, in his Rude Stone Monuments, embodied the information of Barth, and added suggestions of his own. Coming from the pen of such a distinguished writer on architecture, his remarks well merit perusal; but in view of the scanty material he had to draw from, they cannot claim to be in any way authoritative.