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… the remains of a wall. There are two entrances opposite to each other, directly north and south; at these points the wall, which appears to … the county, on Haldon and other downs, particularly in the north of Devon. Many of them are of stone, which are …
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… of them have been considered as owing their present forms to art, and supposed to have been memorials of our British … the height of the bank, on the inside, five yards. To the north and south, there is an opening about fourteen yards … discovered on opening a large tumulus, about two miles north-west from Ashford; in one of these was a skeleton with …
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… in this county have been by some attributed wholly to the Romans; whilst others have supposed, that they were … of a ridge of hill, and was accessible only on the north. At Widworthy, is an ancient entrenchment on the north-east side of the highest hill in the parish: there is …
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… cavern, and inaccessible except on one side. It appears to have originally consisted of a plain wall enclosing an … area of moderate dimensions, with two small towers on the north sides, and a keep near the south-west corner, being a … that this fortress was erected by William Peverell, to whom the manor was given by William the Conqueror, though …
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… annexed view. The castle of Carlisle, which stands at the North-west angle of the city, is of an irregular form; … of which are formed by the city wall, in shape approaches to a square, and contains no building of any consequence: the … by King William Rufus. The lower part of the tower at the north-east angle of the castle, seems to be of the same age, …
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… building, about 48 feet square, with an outwork on the north side of it, projecting forwards to the edge of a steep precipice: there are no remains of the … castle is 100 paces from east to west, and about 67 from north to south; very high and deep. On the north side is a …
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… of Repton claims the first notice; there being good reason to suppose, that it was a part of the conventual church, … entrances to this crypt by flights of steps, one on the north side, now open; and two on the west, which appear to … in the style of the south door-way of Ely cathedral. North-east view of Steetley church South doorway of Steetley …
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… formerly the seat of the Vernon family, and now belonging to the Duke of Rutland, whose ancestor, Sir John Manners … apartments. The principal entrance is under a tower at the north-west corner of the lower court; and there is another under a tower at the north-east corner of the upper court. This building has been …
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… antiquities in Cumberland, which could not be referred to any of the foregoing heads, of which the following are the … particular account of them, with a plan, was communicated to the Society of Antiquaries in the year 1755, and published … Douglas's Virgil: "There was a custom in the Highlands and north of Scotland, "where new married persons who had no peat …
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… in the parish of Addingham, on the road from that place to Little-Salkeld; this circle is 350 feet in diameter, and … not quite circular, the diameter being about 34 yards from north to south, and nearly 30 from east to west 1. The … and Woodcastle, in Annandale, throwing off a branch north-east to Castleover, all which, as may be seen by the …