PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND.1900 |
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Page 62
... feet above the moderately estoy ascent from the cast , and their front rises from the level plateau . At the south end there is a smaller plateau before the entrance , which passes only through the first mound , and is continued by a ...
... feet above the moderately estoy ascent from the cast , and their front rises from the level plateau . At the south end there is a smaller plateau before the entrance , which passes only through the first mound , and is continued by a ...
Page 67
... feet above the moderately easy ascent from the east , and their front rises from the level plateau . At the south end there is a smaller plateau before the entrance , which passes only through the first mound , and is continued by a ...
... feet above the moderately easy ascent from the east , and their front rises from the level plateau . At the south end there is a smaller plateau before the entrance , which passes only through the first mound , and is continued by a ...
Page 79
... FEET measured 136 by 51 ft . , and , as in many other Scottish forts , was built with its inner face at the very edge of the slope , and the outer one some feet , in one place as much as 9 ft . , perpendicular , down the slope below ...
... FEET measured 136 by 51 ft . , and , as in many other Scottish forts , was built with its inner face at the very edge of the slope , and the outer one some feet , in one place as much as 9 ft . , perpendicular , down the slope below ...
Page 139
... feet between the fixed points at the bases of the stones . Afterwards we took the correct measurements , first of the bases , and next of the heights , of each Standing Stone , further noting whether it was vertical or out of plumb ...
... feet between the fixed points at the bases of the stones . Afterwards we took the correct measurements , first of the bases , and next of the heights , of each Standing Stone , further noting whether it was vertical or out of plumb ...
Page 143
N.E. All the stones stand on a mound 260 feet above the sea - level , which , near the centre , is rather over 3 feet high . The edges on the N. and N.E. have been very much straightened by the plough , and its interior is now in such ...
N.E. All the stones stand on a mound 260 feet above the sea - level , which , near the centre , is rather over 3 feet high . The edges on the N. and N.E. have been very much straightened by the plough , and its interior is now in such ...
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