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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and the ruins of another have been found at Chapel hill. About a mile north of the village of Crackenthorpe, on … their leader, who, being taken prisoner, was beheaded on a hill in the neighbourhood, on which a stone has been erected … the spot, and which still retains the name of Hubberstone hill. The town is pleasantly situated on the shore of …
Magna Britannia
… of them intersecting others 8: a circle of stones, on a hill called Karn-Menelez, in the parish of Wendron, in the … Mlfra-Cromlech, in the parish of Maddern, standing on a hill, surrounded by a stone barrow or kairn; the cover-stone … horseback may sit under it: Zennor-Cromlech, standing on a hill, about half a mile to the east of Zennor church-town, …
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… circular enclosures are found on the moor between Cawsand hill and Gidleigh, formed by low stone walls; they occur also … then proceeds with it by Kilmington and Shute-hill, to Dalwood-down, where it bears away from it on the left for the sake of keeping the ridge of the hill, which it does till it gradually descends by Honiton …
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… of large stones placed round the precipitous summit of a hill, except at the north end, where is a wall nine feet four … from Manchester to Sheffield, and includes the summit of a hill, which is very steep on all sides but one, and defended … the right, but re-crosses it again on the declivity of the hill, and is visible for a mile in the demesne lands of …
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… frontiers from the invasion of others. The camp on Stoke-hill, near Exeter, which is semicircular, and 256 paces in … part of the county, are Membury, Musbury, and Oxendown-hill, near Axmouth. These are within sight of each other, and … frequent ploughing: it is at the extremity of a ridge of hill, and was accessible only on the north. At Widworthy, is …
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… except a ruined tower, and some fragments of walls, on a hill above the church; little more existed, except as a heap …
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… part of the mansion, which stands on the brow of a steep hill, among woody scenery, was probably built or altered by …
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… church is the monument of Sir Roger Minors, of Windle-hill, and his lady; being a rich altar-tomb of alabaster, …
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… one just described, is situated on the summit of a smooth hill, surrounded with very grand mountain scenery, about a … Turris Augusti, in Mela. Lugdunum is the fortress on the hill; Lugoballium may be the fortress near the Vallum. The … and which is visible in its way at Kirkstone Hill, is seen again at Gowbarrow Park Head, near Ulswater, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… and the place-name Kingstanding points to a stand on the hill presumably in the early 17th century (NRO, W(A) 6.XII; …