From The Times, 4 December 2006 -

"The earliest realistic depiction of Stonehenge, a drawing within a manuscript dating from the 1440s, has been discovered in northern France. It is one of three medieval images that are known to have survived. The story of the discovery will be told in British Archaeology, which will come out on Friday."

The British Archaeology magazine for January-February 2006-2007 carries a six page article by Christian Heck on the newly discovered sketch of Stonehenge in the Scala Mundi manuscript. There is a full-page colour illustration of the leaf containing the illustration, as well as three other illustrations of Stonehenge from early sources, one of which is a second full page-illustration of Stonehenge in the Douai manuscript which now in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. The English translation of the Latin immediately below the Scala Mundi sketch of Stonehenge reads -

That year Merlin, not by force but art, brought and erected the giants' round from Ireland, at Stonehenge near amesbury.

The article concludes with a two-column postscript by Mike Pitts entitled, Was Geoffrey Right? The magazine is well worth buying just for the fantastic colour illustrations (it also includes articles on the Bosnia Pyramid and the Tombs and Stone Circles on Banc Du).

Letter from Debby Banham of Cambridge in the March-April 2007 edition of British Archaeology (page 20) -

"Your transcription of the Stonehenge Scala mundi text (Jan/Feb) says that the giants' circle was derecta (a variant of directa, ie set straight, or arranged) by Merlin at Stonehenge, whereas your excellent illustration shows that both manuscripts read deuecta (transported).
Thus your translation is only half right: the Latin says it was 'brought", but not "erected" (in any case, neither verb could mean both). So whereas the Brut version of the story clearly does have Merlin dismantling the monument in Ireland and reassembling it in England, the Scala mundi version could equally well mean that he moved it bodily, without all the bother of self-assembly. After all, the text does say he did it non vi sed arte; not by strength but by skill."