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A History of the County of Middlesex
… an Alien Priory that was a cell of the abbey of Bec, is an oval moat, surrounding an area of 350 ft. by 200 ft. The two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a quarter miles north-east of the village, is a roughly oval camp consisting of a single rampart 9 ft. and 6 ft. high … the last revision, from which it would appear to have been oval in shape with the longer axis running north and south …
A History of the County of Somerset
… its general features can be presented in a few lines. An oval framework of gold encloses an enamelled plaque, which is … where a monster's head projects from the point of the oval and provides a socket for a thin rod that was originally …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… In 1729 it had a hall, a great parlour furnished with an oval table and upholstered chairs, a kitchen, eight …
Magna Britannia
… the parish of St. Burian; Boskednan 5 in Gulvall: and an oval inclosure in the tenement of Kerris, in the parish of …
Magna Britannia
… is the effigies of a knight in plate armour, with an oval helmet; a lion at his feet, the hands joined in prayer: …
Magna Britannia
… it is an irregular figure, but tending to circular. Oval stones, used by the Britons for slings, have been found …
Magna Britannia
… Dumpton fort, in the parish of Luppit, is an irregular oval on the tongue of a ridge of hill stretching out from … not quite 300 wide at its broadest end. Belbury is a small oval fort, with a single trench, about 400 feet in length, … down between the Otter and the Exe, is a pretty regular oval, with a single vallum about 500 feet in length within …
Magna Britannia
… wide, and nearly two feet thick, approaching in form to an oval; on which formerly stood two stone pillars, fixed in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… orange coloured, slightly downy skin and flesh, roundish-oval shape and delicious flavour [Masefield et al (1969)]. …