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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are of opinion that these are Saxon remains, as no Roman relics have ever been found, and there are no ancient roads …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the earth-works of the fortress remain, and various Roman relics and foundations of buildings have been discovered. It … various coins, foundations of buildings, vaults, and other relics of the Romans, have been discovered. During the civil …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… 110120). Thereafter, although Antonine and 3rd-century relics are not numerous, there is no positive evidence that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the evidence which an ancient earthwork may hold in the relics which lie buried beneath its area or within its banks, … occupiers of the country, each of whom left their relics, so that a solitary find of any period proves little … may not be that of its construction. For instance, Roman relics are often met with on the hill-top forts, but the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… sailed from Patrae, bearing with him a portion of the relics of the apostle St. Andrew, which had been deposited … of their ship, the crew escaped to land, with the sacred relics they had preserved. Hergustus, the Pictish monarch, … which now produces to each 3. 10. annually. The chief relics of antiquity are the remains of the abbey, which …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Lady of the Mercians, 59 and in 909 it received the relics of King Oswald of Northumbria. The endowing of more … Ethelfleda's royal boroughs with a minster and important relics may have been part of a political policy aimed at … burh and provided it with a new minster richly endowed in relics and property. The town had its royal palace and its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Celtic style 5 that form so striking a feature among the relics of the Anglo-Saxon period. The Ewelme bowl, unlike … spot. For it is at Dorchester that some of the earliest relics of the period have come to light. In 1874 the eastern … allowed to perish, among the latter two swords. The chief relics recorded are firstly two vases of blue glass (Pl. …