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Side 10
The base of the " hill " was enclosed with a stone circle executed with remarkable industry , and frequently in districts where , at the present day , blocks of stone are not to be found . Sometimes the enclosure was oval ...
The base of the " hill " was enclosed with a stone circle executed with remarkable industry , and frequently in districts where , at the present day , blocks of stone are not to be found . Sometimes the enclosure was oval ...
Side 15
It consists of " several rude stones pitched on end in a circular order ; and in the midst of the circle , a vast rude stone placed on several pillars . The diameter of the area is about fifty feet . The stone supported in the midst of ...
It consists of " several rude stones pitched on end in a circular order ; and in the midst of the circle , a vast rude stone placed on several pillars . The diameter of the area is about fifty feet . The stone supported in the midst of ...
Side 24
Hiberno - Celts , and doubtless by them was erected the finest monument of the north , the Druidical circle popularly known as Long Meg and her Daughters . In the same neighbourhood we find Great Dun Fell , Crowdundle and Knock Pike ...
Hiberno - Celts , and doubtless by them was erected the finest monument of the north , the Druidical circle popularly known as Long Meg and her Daughters . In the same neighbourhood we find Great Dun Fell , Crowdundle and Knock Pike ...
Side 36
COOMBS , C. C. cump , a circle , a remarkable piece of unproductive , stony ground in Martindale . CORNEY ( C. C. corn , a horn ) , with the ending ey , has become the name of a river , originally the peninsula . Cf. Corn - wall .
COOMBS , C. C. cump , a circle , a remarkable piece of unproductive , stony ground in Martindale . CORNEY ( C. C. corn , a horn ) , with the ending ey , has become the name of a river , originally the peninsula . Cf. Corn - wall .
Side 50
of ground separated or enclosed to some extent , generally by rivers , as in Roundthwaite , Westmorland , where the rivers nearly form a circle . - A . S. thweotan , to cut off . - Wyberthwaite , C. C. gwy , water , D. byr .
of ground separated or enclosed to some extent , generally by rivers , as in Roundthwaite , Westmorland , where the rivers nearly form a circle . - A . S. thweotan , to cut off . - Wyberthwaite , C. C. gwy , water , D. byr .
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Bibliografiske oplysninger
| Titel | Cumberland & Westmorland, Ancient and Modern: The People, Dialect, Superstitions and Customs |
| Forfatter | Jeremiah Sullivan |
| Udgiver | Whittaker and Company, 1857 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Det bayerske statsbibliotek |
| Digitaliseret | 8. sep 2009 |
| Længde | 171 sider |
| Eksporter henvisning | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |