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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… range of mountains on the south of the town abounds with limestone, of which great quantities are procured, and … he had otherwise disposed of. On the summit of one of the limestone hills, about a mile north of the church, is a very … of the town is Cevn Ogo, a lofty and precipitous rock of limestone, in which, among others of minor extent, is one of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… whereof two-thirds are arable and the remainder pasture. Limestone is quarried. The female population is employed in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… various deposits of the Estuarine Series and Great Oolite Limestone to the N. and Upper Lias Clay, fluvial gravel and …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of easier worked loam like that east of Acton Scott Farm. Limestone occurs along Wenlock Edge and in the outcrop on … 20; /1340, no. 6; /3880,Salop. no. 216; /4945, no. 216. Limestone was increasingly quarried for building stone in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… old enclosures on the W. side of the medieval village, on limestone at 65 m. above OD. Building work in 1973 revealed … Ring Ditch (TL 04708545), N.W. of Barnwell Castle, on limestone at 30 m. above OD. Air photographs (NCAU) show a … (?) (SP 932857), N.W. of the village, on Great Oolite Limestone at 69 m. above OD. A small quantity of early Saxon …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… some of Nene Valley type, together with a scatter of limestone rubble and roofing tiles, perhaps indicating former … to the 200 ft. contour along the side of a low spur of limestone. It is orientated N.W.-S.E., crosses the Roman road … further skeletons were found on the site as well as 'two limestone coffins'. These may be Roman and perhaps came from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Iron Age settlement (SP 963729), S.E. of the village on limestone at 230 ft. above OD. Air photographs (in NMR) show … On the ground, dark areas of occupation debris with burnt limestone, pebbles and early Iron Age sherds have been noted … at 270 ft. above OD. A dark area of soil with pebbles and limestone has been recorded and quantities of Iron Age …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… fire-clay, and the importation of coal, iron, machinery, limestone, and grain. After many fruitless attempts, a pier …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… stands on the W. side of the village, and is built of limestone rubble, that of the chancel and porch being very …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… alternating with bands of flint and carstone, and of limestone ashlar and flint in chequer-pattern, with local and …