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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… a wildly romantic character; but the great scarcity of trees detracts much from the beauty of the scenery. There are … the serpentine rocks in Unst. From the remains of ancient trees found in the mosses, there is every reason to conclude … also quarries of good sandstone: fossils of fish, and of trees and vegetable substances, are frequently found in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… seen of circular huts but the site is much encumbered by trees and boulders. About 100 yards to the S.W. of the wood …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of the hill-fort is domed and largely covered with trees and scrub. A prominent fir copse, Badbury Clump, within …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the northern boundary, and by that date a double avenue of trees had been planted, not necessarily to mark a road, … dovecot containing 1,092 holes was standing among trees in the grounds in the later 18th century, perhaps part … 13th century, the larger ditched and planted with apple trees. 1 The latter may be the moated site to the north-east …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Mention was then made of the lychgate. 62 Twenty lime trees were planted in the early 1760s, 19 of which still …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the form of an amphitheatre, and richly clothed with beech-trees of luxuriant growth. Extending along the eastern side … wood, comprising about 400 acres of beech and other trees. The manufacture of woollen-cloth is carried on to a …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… still survives with the small manor-house hidden in the trees at the east end. 31 Round the green and in Walton Lane …
A History of the County of Somerset
… by 1784-5, and improvements included a new orchard of 98 trees in 1771, repairs to farmhouses in 1784-5, and planting … western end of the parish c. 1782 there were over 4,300 trees in the hedges on the Phelips estate but no woodland. 36 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… is dotted with pieces of woodland and has many hedgerow trees. Nicholas Underwood, presented at Ewhurst manor court … oak for the repair of his tenement. 63 In 1837 mature oak trees standing marked for felling and offered for sale …