Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1912 |
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... ground ) , and 4 feet 3 inches and 2 feet 3 inches long respectively . There is a capstone close by , measuring 45 inches by 40 inches by 5 inches . The inclosing circle ( 33 feet dia- meter ) is formed of a well - defined set of single ...
... ground ) , and 4 feet 3 inches and 2 feet 3 inches long respectively . There is a capstone close by , measuring 45 inches by 40 inches by 5 inches . The inclosing circle ( 33 feet dia- meter ) is formed of a well - defined set of single ...
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... ground , to the north of the track from Llan- fairfechan to Penmaenmawr , and to the north of Moelfre , is about 48 feet in external diameter , and five upright stones mark out a rough circle . Inside this , is a mound of stones forming ...
... ground , to the north of the track from Llan- fairfechan to Penmaenmawr , and to the north of Moelfre , is about 48 feet in external diameter , and five upright stones mark out a rough circle . Inside this , is a mound of stones forming ...
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... ground ) , and 11 inches thick , and forming one side of the cist . The capstone is roughly pentagonal in shape , 9 feet long , 4 feet 6 inches broad , and 2 feet 3 inches thick , and lies to the W.S.W. of the cist . A great number of ...
... ground ) , and 11 inches thick , and forming one side of the cist . The capstone is roughly pentagonal in shape , 9 feet long , 4 feet 6 inches broad , and 2 feet 3 inches thick , and lies to the W.S.W. of the cist . A great number of ...
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... grounds generally , throughout Wales , which are marked by their huts , camps , and tombs . Their first clearings were in the uplands , and the first tracks , that ultimately developed into roads , linking one settlement with another ...
... grounds generally , throughout Wales , which are marked by their huts , camps , and tombs . Their first clearings were in the uplands , and the first tracks , that ultimately developed into roads , linking one settlement with another ...
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... grounds for the belief that the small , dark Welshmen of to - day are descended from the pre - Aryan tribes who were masters of Britain in the Neolithic Age . On the Continent also the Iberian is the earliest of the living races that ...
... grounds for the belief that the small , dark Welshmen of to - day are descended from the pre - Aryan tribes who were masters of Britain in the Neolithic Age . On the Continent also the Iberian is the earliest of the living races that ...
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Page 378 - I have a kindness for my Lord Portland, which he has deserved of me by long and faithful services ; but I should not have given him these lands if I had imagined the House of Commons could have been concerned. I will therefore recall the grant, and find some other way of showing my favour to him.
Page 17 - ... Charters of Burghs and illustrative Extracts from contemporary local Records will be given, as far as may be considered desirable. The Extracts from the Records of each Burgh will, as far as the Committee consider expedient, be issued separately, and without adhering to any prescribed order.
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Page 66 - But, as his plans were not matured, he had no fleet. The skill and resolution of the general accomplished the passage. With some picked men of the auxiliaries, disencumbered of all baggage, who knew the shallows and had that national experience in swimming which enables the Britons to take care not only of themselves but of their arms and horses, he delivered so unexpected an attack that the astonished enemy who were looking for a fleet, a naval armament, and an assault by sea, thought that to such...
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Page 378 - Such was the great character of Robert Price, that he was made a Welsh judge by the very sovereign whose favourite plans he had so patriotically thwarted. Another marked event in the life of this English patriot was...
Page 321 - ... Corbulo, and aspired to equal the glory of the recovery of Armenia by the subjugation of Rome's enemies. He therefore prepared to attack the island of Mona* which had a powerful population and was a refuge for fugitives. He built flat-bottomed vessels to cope with the shallows, and uncertain depths of the sea. Thus the infantry crossed, while the cavalry followed by fording, or, where the water was deep, swam by the side of their horses.
Page 357 - The Excursion down the Wye," edition of 1799, where ho says : — " I printed in the year 1795 an account of some of the writers on the river Wye, which I intended prefacing with notices of The Man of Ross.
Page 214 - a broad flake, the end of which has been chipped to a semi-circular bevelled edge round the margin of the inner face, similar in character to that of a round-nosed turning-chisel.