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… There are two entrances opposite to each other, directly north and south; at these points the wall, which appears to … the county, on Haldon and other downs, particularly in the north of Devon. Many of them are of stone, which are … of Chudleigh, Ilsington, and Buckfastleigh, and one north of Barnstaple. The Rev. Mr. Carrington found several in …
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… the height of the bank, on the inside, five yards. To the north and south, there is an opening about fourteen yards … discovered on opening a large tumulus, about two miles north-west from Ashford; in one of these was a skeleton with … round the precipitous summit of a hill, except at the north end, where is a wall nine feet four inches high and …
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… of a ridge of hill, and was accessible only on the north. At Widworthy, is an ancient entrenchment on the north-east side of the highest hill in the parish: there is … describes it as 200 paces from east to west, and 180 from north to south: on the south and east is a double fosse of …
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… area of moderate dimensions, with two small towers on the north sides, and a keep near the south-west corner, being a …
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… annexed view. The castle of Carlisle, which stands at the North-west angle of the city, is of an irregular form; … by King William Rufus. The lower part of the tower at the north-east angle of the castle, seems to be of the same age, having on the north-side, a semicircular arch. The other parts of the …
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… building, about 48 feet square, with an outwork on the north side of it, projecting forwards to the edge of a steep … castle is 100 paces from east to west, and about 67 from north to south; very high and deep. On the north side is a deep moat: the vallum on the south side also …
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… entrances to this crypt by flights of steps, one on the north side, now open; and two on the west, which appear to … in the style of the south door-way of Ely cathedral. North-east view of Steetley church South doorway of Steetley … window, with a niche on each side, at the east end of the north aisle of Mackworth church; and in the north wall of the …
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… apartments. The principal entrance is under a tower at the north-west corner of the lower court; and there is another under a tower at the north-east corner of the upper court. This building has been … country, any where, should be utterly lost also here." North-east view of Hardwick Hall Another ancient …
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… Douglas's Virgil: "There was a custom in the Highlands and north of Scotland, "where new married persons who had no peat …
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… not quite circular, the diameter being about 34 yards from north to south, and nearly 30 from east to west 1. The … and Woodcastle, in Annandale, throwing off a branch north-east to Castleover, all which, as may be seen by the … A. D. 210, Severus constructed a wall of hewn stone to the north of Hadrian's line, protected by 300 small turrets …