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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which in Leland's time was only a small village with a fort near it, has become a neat and flourishing town; it is … are several terraces, one above another; the area of the fort, on the north side, is level, but on the south exhibits …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hills, where the outer ramparts of an Iron Age hill fort survive. At those two extremities much open heathland …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a battery for the defence of the river below Tilbury Fort. The lofty tower of the manorhouse of Gossalyne, here, … 630, he was engaged in baptizing the East Saxons. Tilbury Fort, partly in this parish and partly in that of Chadwell, … to which considerable additions have since been made. The fort is encompassed by a deep wide fosse, and its ramparts …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… thought to be sufficient boundary. An earlier promontory fort facing eastwards and stretching from one steep cliff … parish boundary south of Ashwell Grange. 60 An Iron Age fort gave its name to Oldbury field east of Garston, but its …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and on the summit of which are the remains of a vitrified fort. Tradeston TRADESTON, a suburb of the city of Glasgow, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… the - durum element in the name, nor is there any hill fort in the locality from which the name might have been … BAR, 15 (1975), 5) that there may have been an early Roman fort here, and the situation, well protected by streams, … would be suitable, but no firm evidence for such a fort has yet been found. A thin scatter of early coins and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ancient freehold estate, was a century ago the property of Fort, Taylor & Co., calico printers 86; it now belongs to the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… township until the end of the 17th century. A speculatory fort of the Roman period stands upon the summit of Mellor …