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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… terracotta and white limestone tesserae bedded in rammed chalk, pattern indecipherable (Hutchins III, 201; Arch. J., … and immediately E. of it have revealed post-holes, pits and ditches, and have yielded pottery indicating 12th …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Chase. The central and northern parts of the area, on Chalk, are drained by the headwaters of the R. Allen and the … I. In the S. part of the enclosure four Iron Age pits and a drainage ditch were found. ( Dorset Procs., 71 … close to St. Giles's Park, lie on a gentle W. slope of the Chalk, below the 250 ft. contour. (44) Bowl (04101154); diam. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… where it rises to a scarp over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk outcrop is irregular, the long S.E. tongue on the edge … (Monument (7)). The mound occupies the level summit of a chalk spur 500 yds. N.W. of Wimpole Hall and 215 ft. above …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the garderobe tower, and of still later date are the chalk wall joining the outer angles of the keep and garderobe … solid, the walls faced with coursed flints over a core of chalk and flint, and the keep is remarkable for the use of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… itself. 5 Windsor Castle is placed upon the top of a steep chalk cliff which rises almost abruptly from the south bank … from Blackmore Park, instead of the wells sunk in the chalk hitherto used. It was begun in 1551, but the pipe was … pointed doorway. This opens into a lofty chamber faced in chalk or clunch ashlar, with firestone dressings to the …