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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… limestone hand-pitched on the virgin soil (a hard red marl). There was no sign of a concrete bed or any cementing …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… been enlarged in the 12th and 13th centuries, 16 and a marl pit was mentioned in 1256. 17 In the 13th century the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… and perch angling, and yielded formerly a large supply of marl for manuring the lands. The inhabitants, with the … by tiles and stones, has been practised, and shell-marl is much used as manure. The number of sheep and cattle, … are usually beds of sand and gravel; at Baikie is a bed of marl, once covering 40 acres, and six or seven yards deep, …
Register of the Freemen of the City of York
A History of the County of Somerset
… and Four Forks, and on the east by a lane. 8 It lies on marl with pockets of gravel. 9 Aisholt village, named from … on the side of Hawkridge Hill until 1930 or later. 32 Marl was dug at Postridge. 33 There was some mining in the …