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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the river is an ancient encampment with a vallum and deep fosse, occupying an area of forty acres, commonly attributed …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… account: we have here a french gentleman named La Fosse who was taken prisoner of off Cape briton the latter … to H.M. if the[ y] were still in armes. The said La Fosse made me two days agoe the inqlosed propotition …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… whereof is under ground; without side of it is a forcey [? fosse] of water of 40 ft. broad and 7 ft. deep, that part to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Caer Idris, or Castell Idris, consisting of a triple fosse and vallum: this is thought to have been of British … intrenchment," also of quadrilateral form, having a double fosse and vallum, and comprising within its area the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… no earthworks to indicate their former sites; while the fosse formerly surrounding the walls of London now no longer … shallow hill. The extant portion consists of a vallum and fosse. The vallum rises from the ground level on the south … is now used. Around the north-west is a portion of the fosse, from 3 ft. to 4 ft. deep, which has been raised above …
A History of the County of Oxford
… consisting only of a mount with encircling ditch or fosse. E.Fortified mounts, either artificial or partly … the upper line is 5 ft. from the top to the bottom of the fosse. Deddington: Ilbury.A quarter of a mile due south of … top of the second line on the east side has obscured the fosse there. The three lines are traceable on the south and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and defended, where most easily accessible, by a double fosse; near the spot, have been found several silver coins of …