Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1904 |
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... centuries of natural causes of decay . The only water procurable within the walls of the fortress is that already alluded to . This would give but a meagre supply , quite inadequate for the needs of any considerable number of men and ...
... centuries of natural causes of decay . The only water procurable within the walls of the fortress is that already alluded to . This would give but a meagre supply , quite inadequate for the needs of any considerable number of men and ...
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... century of the Christian era . Our reasons for coming to this conclusion are as follows :-( a ) The pottery is wheel - turned and dis- tinctively Celtic , but along with this was found a small amount of what is certainly Roman pottery ...
... century of the Christian era . Our reasons for coming to this conclusion are as follows :-( a ) The pottery is wheel - turned and dis- tinctively Celtic , but along with this was found a small amount of what is certainly Roman pottery ...
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... century in Britain . During the first two hundred years of the Roman occupation , the originality and elegance of Celtic ornament in- fluenced decoration in Britain , and even in Rome , being so totally different to the stiff and ...
... century in Britain . During the first two hundred years of the Roman occupation , the originality and elegance of Celtic ornament in- fluenced decoration in Britain , and even in Rome , being so totally different to the stiff and ...
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... century aisle walls . Whereas the central line of the fourteenth - century nave , if continued , would have struck the east window considerably to the south , that of the fifteenth - century nave strikes the window to the north of its ...
... century aisle walls . Whereas the central line of the fourteenth - century nave , if continued , would have struck the east window considerably to the south , that of the fifteenth - century nave strikes the window to the north of its ...
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... century wall was broken into for the insertion of the tower . The space between the break and the tower was afterwards built in . The extent of the breach can easily be traced . Besides being Bishop of Bangor , Skeffington was Abbot of ...
... century wall was broken into for the insertion of the tower . The space between the break and the tower was afterwards built in . The extent of the breach can easily be traced . Besides being Bishop of Bangor , Skeffington was Abbot of ...
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acres aged Allington Alyn ancient Anglesey Arch Archæologia Archæological Society Bangor bapt Beddgelert belonged Bishop Brecon Bronze Bryn Brynllys buried at Gresford Burton Cadoc Caerwent called Cambrensis Cardiff Carnarvon Carnarvonshire Castle Cawley Celtic century Chalice Chester Cottage Criccieth Cromlech cross daughter Davies Denbigh died Earl Edward entrance Evans Farm Flintshire George Gresford Griffith Grono Gwersyllt Hall Harlech Harold Hughes Haverfordwest Henry Hoseley Humberston John John Boydell Jones King land Llai Llandaff Llandough Llangybi Lloyd Llwyd Lord Madocks manor Marford married Merthyr Tydfil Mill mound Moylgrove nave ornament Oswestry Owen parish Partrishow pedigree Pembrokeshire portion Portmadoc Powys probably Puleston Pwllheli quillets Rectory Rhys Richard Robert Robinson Roger Santhey stone Sutton Thomas tower town township Tre'r Ceiri Trevor Vicarage Wales wall Welsh William William Madocks window Wrexham Wynne
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Page 5 - Single copies of the yearly Index may be obtained. Many of the societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries take a sufficient number of copies to issue with their transactions to each of their members. The more this plan is extended the less will be the cost of the Index to each society.
Page 5 - Index to archaeologists is now" recognised. Every effort is made to keep its contents up to date and continuous, but it is obvious that the difficulties are great unless the assistance of the societies is obtained. If for any reason the papers of a society are not indexed in the year to which they properly belong the plan is to include them in the following year ; and whenever the papers of societies are brought into the Index for the first time they are then indexed from the year 1891. By this means...
Page 33 - ... bird ; and he descended upon the top of his lair, and strove to snatch away one of the precious things from him, but he carried away nothing but one of his bristles. And the boar rose up angrily and shook himself so that some of his venom fell upon Menw, and he was never well from that day forward. After this Arthur sent an embassy to Odgar, the son of Aedd, King of Ireland, to ask for the Cauldron of Diwrnach Wyddel, his purveyor. And Odgar commanded him to give it. But Diwrnach said, "Heaven...
Page 5 - Many of the Societies in union with the Society of Antiquaries take a sufficient number of copies of the yearly Index to issue with their transactions to each of their members. The more this plan is extended the less will be the cost of the Index to each society.
Page 5 - ... which they properly belong the plan is to include them in the following year ; and whenever the papers of societies are brought into the Index for the first time they are then indexed from the year 1891. By this means it will be seen that the year 1891 is treated as the commencing year for the Index and that all transactions published in and since that year will find their place in the series.
Page 143 - Cherbury gives an interesting account of the education of a highly-born youth at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth century.
Page 57 - Wallingford, lord of this province, and many men-at-arms. At the passage of Coed Grono, and at the entrance into the wood, he dismissed him and his attendants, though much against their will, and proceeded on his journey unarmed ; from too great a presumption of security, preceded only by a minstrel and a singer, one accompanying the other on the fiddle.
Page 246 - ... family of Gwrfod, with field and fountains, with woods and hawks, and with every payment which used to be given before to the King, were put into the possession of the Bishop, and in the power of the church of St. Teilo. All these things being settled by divine judgment, the Bishop arose in the middle, and they all stood near him holding the gospel, and he said to Nowi, " Lay thy hand on this gospel." And Nowi placed his hand on the gospel, and said, " May this land with its " inhabitants be...
Page 158 - Brendlais,2 the house was by accident burned down, and he received a mortal blow by a stone falling from the principal tower on his head: upon which he instantly dispatched messengers to recal the bishop, and exclaimed with a lamentable voice, " O, my father and high priest, your saint has taken most cruel vengeance of me, not waiting the conversion of a sinner, but hastening his death and overthrow.
Page 5 - Index, and that all transactions published in and since that year will find their place in the series. To make this work complete an index of the transactions from the beginning of archaeological societies down to the year 1890 is needed.