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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… signifies "the confluence of the water below the Baron's house," and is descriptive of the site of the ancient … In the deepest part of a small peat-bog called the "Hog's Hole," the skeletons of two red deer were recently found, … and uninhabited islets; and the island of Griska, which is well wooded, contains a considerable portion of pasture and …
Survey of London
… the suggested identification of Lady Baker with Fletcher's widow is, in any case, shown to be unfounded. Bishop … 5 of 23rd April, 1646, between Thos. Fisher "of St. Martin's in the Feildes, gent., one of the yeomen ushers in ordinary … says: "Yet in a while he found means to please her so well, as she promised to come, and I think she did come to a …
Survey of London
… rustications marked the angles of the central feature as well as the extremities of the building, and the whole was … record of the appearance of the north front, but Burlison's plan of 1842 (Plate 4) shows that it then had four … whilst the circles had alternatively a swan and a bull's head upon a decorative shield set in a cartouche. The outer …
Survey of London
… south of a blocked door with a four-centred arched head (S on plan on Plate 5). The arches were plain axed half-brick … in R and X, creating the impression that the carpenter's mitre was here still in the experimental stage of its … offices on its north side b) indicating that here, as well as in the west range, the courtyard walls had at some …
Survey of London
… be seen below even twentieth-century pottery was found well down in the deposits, which were sometimes contaminated …
Survey of London
… isolated piece of brickwork (partly cut into by a late well) which lay roughly east to west. But none of these … the turret is probably to be explained as a door-keeper's or porter's lodge, though it may also have provided access to a room …
Survey of London
… As has been said, the buildings were improved as well as enlarged. The apartments on the south side had been … porch; the arrangement appears to be echoed in Chatelain's engraving of 1750, where the porch can be seen to have a … occupied by the eastward projecting wing shown on Burlison's plan of 1842 (Plate 4) at the north end of the Georgian …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and extensively studied item in the Beaker people's equipment is their pottery. 71 Beaker pottery is flat-based … are represented in Middlesex. 75 In Professor Piggott's classification, about 2000 B.C. 76 immigrants from the … the Short-Necked beaker (Abercromby's type C) as well as variants of the Bell beaker. From the Short-Necked …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… had a long life and the rather coarse Middlesex urns may well represent a late stage in the development of the wares. … WEST DRAYTON & YIEWSLEY Yiewsley, most from Boyer's Gravel-pit (possibly TQ. 07488033 or TQ. 08168014): c. 14 … such exotic pieces as winged axes, bronzes, including carp's tongue swords, 98 of the so-called 'Carp's Tongue' complex …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… dwelling-place in Middlesex is a site, once called Caesar's Camp, now destroyed by a runway of London Airport at … have been suggested, cannot be correlated with the less well known pottery. Moreover, most of the stray finds have … by some Iron-Age sites outside Middlesex, 75 but Caesar's references to cattle and the finding of iron sickles 76 in …