Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year ..., Volúmenes9-10Society, 1857 |
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... feet long by 520 feet broad ; but the walls appear to have enclosed an area of about 380 feet in length by 340 in breadth . The camp has been protected on the southwest front by a deep gully and also by a double vallum and foss , which ...
... feet long by 520 feet broad ; but the walls appear to have enclosed an area of about 380 feet in length by 340 in breadth . The camp has been protected on the southwest front by a deep gully and also by a double vallum and foss , which ...
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... feet in diameter . There is no appearance of walls , but both the vallum and foss are perfect through- out the whole circumference . This station occupies a very commanding position , overlooking the whole of the Valley of Thursden ...
... feet in diameter . There is no appearance of walls , but both the vallum and foss are perfect through- out the whole circumference . This station occupies a very commanding position , overlooking the whole of the Valley of Thursden ...
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... feet in diameter , and two feet in average height . Both the station and the tumulus occur on heights which overlook the Valley of Swinden ; the slopes of Briercliffe lie to the northwest , and Burnley is visible in the distance . 6 ...
... feet in diameter , and two feet in average height . Both the station and the tumulus occur on heights which overlook the Valley of Swinden ; the slopes of Briercliffe lie to the northwest , and Burnley is visible in the distance . 6 ...
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... feet in length by 160 feet in breadth , and has a smaller enclosure of about 50 feet square on the northeast side . The foss appears to have been upwards of twenty feet in breadth , and the elevation of the vallum is still considerably ...
... feet in length by 160 feet in breadth , and has a smaller enclosure of about 50 feet square on the northeast side . The foss appears to have been upwards of twenty feet in breadth , and the elevation of the vallum is still considerably ...
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... feet in length , is situated at the edge of a gentle slope , and has a trench at least 54 feet broad at the bottom . What can have been the object of such an extensive earthwork can of course only be matter for conjecture . From its ...
... feet in length , is situated at the edge of a gentle slope , and has a trench at least 54 feet broad at the bottom . What can have been the object of such an extensive earthwork can of course only be matter for conjecture . From its ...
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