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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Upon a hill on the north side of the parish, several tumuli have been opened, each of which contained a skeleton, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of various ancient chapels or oratories; and of several tumuli, one has been opened and found to contain a great …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… encampments; and the parish contains various barrows and tumuli, on opening some of which a Roman dagger and numerous … of a branch of the family of Knight, of Drury. Some tumuli were opened here in 1843. Roughdown ROUGHDOWN, an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… A Roman sword was discovered at Hillington in 1830. Tumuli, or barrows, are to be seen on the summits of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the grounds of the park; and at Snarehill are some tumuli which mark the spot where a sanguinary battle took …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… forts, generally situated on the headlands; and a few tumuli are to be seen. The churchyard is remarkable for the … was designed. The parish contains numerous barrows or tumuli, the supposed places of sepulture of the ancient … a second within the parish, which also abounds with tumuli and barrows, whereof many have been opened, and found …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… N. W.) from Brough. There are several intrenchments and tumuli in the vicinity; the largest of the latter was opened …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… are of uncertain date. ConditionPoor. Unclassified c(6). Tumuli, two, near Slough Farm, 2 miles S.S.E. of the church, opened in 1858 without result. a(7). Tumuli, two, and a Line of Entrenchment, at Lodge Hill, 1 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… tower, is of comparatively modern date. There are several tumuli, which are fast disappearing under the progress of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (see Archological Journal, xi, 77). Burials:The large tumuli called the Bartlow Hills are perhaps the best examples … much denuded. Of the Bartlow Hills, the most important tumuli in the county, the four largest are well preserved, …