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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… parish is described s.v. Bagendon (1), p. 9. (1) Pinbury Hill-fort 1 (SO 958053), univallate, unexcavated, encloses … the tessellated floor. Duntisbourne Rouse. (1) Pinbury Hill-fort. Information from the excavators, Mr. M. K. Baker …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… valley. The chalk downlands of Great Ridge and White Sheet Hill are to the north and south, eastwest ridges of greensand … LondonExeter railway line, is north-east and south-west. Hill forts in Tisbury, Donhead St. Mary, and Easton Bassett, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the city is probably derived from the Saxon words, Dun, a hill, and Holme, a river island; being descriptive of its … these strangers cleared away the trees which skirted the hill, and began to build substantial houses. Thus arose the … The church is a very ancient structure. On the brow of a hill in the parish is an extensive earthwork called Ogbury …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Enmore began at Three Crosses and ran south down Goose Pit hill and between Durleigh mill and the parish church. 84 … Elms west to West Bower and south to the brook. Goose Pit hill also formed part of a north-south route from Chilton … Lane, 2 houses at Durleigh Elms, 1 cottage on Goose Pit hill, and 2 near the mill, together with farmhouses at …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… strip lynchets on the S. side of the valley run up to the hill top and fan out; on the resulting wide treads is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… approximately 13 of Colchester type, six of Aucissa/Hod Hill type and five of Langton Down type (NM; NDC R101; …
A Dictionary of London
… and business houses. Dyer's Court North out of Holborn Hill, in Farringdon Ward Without, opposite Shoe Lane (Strype, … I. iii. 90). Dyer's Court Row On the west side of Dowgate Hill, south of Skinners' Hall (Rocque, 1746). In Dowgate … Street Station. Dyers' Hall On the west side of Dowgate Hill at No. 10 (P.O. Directory). In Dowgate Ward. Erected …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… on chalk and eight are probably Iron Age. Five, on Knowle Hill (Church Knowle (56)), are arranged in a coherent pattern … suggests that they could have been developed into a small hill-fort with outlying dykes. The hill-fort of Flower's Barrow actually has such an outlier (E. …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 12
… Portway Top, 25 presumably on the rise once known as port hill, 1 it turns west along the village street which also … Old Rock, known as the Rock in 1509, 11 belonged to the Hill family until the early 20th century. 12 The New Rock, … west of the Ledbury road, was owned and occupied by the Hill family in the mid 16th century. 12 Its 18thcentury …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… DYRHAM AND HINTON (25 miles S.W. of Cirencester) (1) Hill-Fort (ST 741767), on Hinton Hill, 1 univallate, unexcavated, cuts off about 12 acres of a … No. 42. Witts (1883), 19, No. 40. Dyrham and Hinton. (1) Hill-fort. Plan and profile. (2) Probable Settlement (ST …