Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 38Devonshire Press, 1906 - Devon (England) List of members in each volume. |
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Page 55
... probably no Roman ever saw it nor most of the other so - called Roman works . No doubt the Romans left their mark very conspicuously here in England , but every ancient remains is by no means theirs ; nor were our British forefathers ...
... probably no Roman ever saw it nor most of the other so - called Roman works . No doubt the Romans left their mark very conspicuously here in England , but every ancient remains is by no means theirs ; nor were our British forefathers ...
Page 58
... probably be human cinder dust . No pottery - no kistvaen . IRVINE K. ANDERSON . Near Homer Red Lake is another small cairn , also un- marked on the Ordnance Survey ( Devon XCVIII . N.E. Long . 4 ° 1 ' 50 " , lat . 50 ° 37 ′ 40 ...
... probably be human cinder dust . No pottery - no kistvaen . IRVINE K. ANDERSON . Near Homer Red Lake is another small cairn , also un- marked on the Ordnance Survey ( Devon XCVIII . N.E. Long . 4 ° 1 ' 50 " , lat . 50 ° 37 ′ 40 ...
Page 59
... probably interesting field , and it is perhaps needless to say that the noise as of trampling horses which alarmed the explorer of those days at the opening of the kistvaen did not visit me when I , in my turn , made my dis- covery ...
... probably interesting field , and it is perhaps needless to say that the noise as of trampling horses which alarmed the explorer of those days at the opening of the kistvaen did not visit me when I , in my turn , made my dis- covery ...
Page 60
... probably about 10 inches high and 10 inches in diameter at the top internally ; 6 inches inter- nally and 7 inches externally at the base ; the thickness of the material varies from 75 inch at the base and at a ridge half - way up to 45 ...
... probably about 10 inches high and 10 inches in diameter at the top internally ; 6 inches inter- nally and 7 inches externally at the base ; the thickness of the material varies from 75 inch at the base and at a ridge half - way up to 45 ...
Page 62
... probably the remains of the former barrow - openers , and may perhaps determine their date . Was this barrow , for it lies close to Broken Barrow Lane , the broken barrow of which old Westcote tells such strange tales ? Nothing was ...
... probably the remains of the former barrow - openers , and may perhaps determine their date . Was this barrow , for it lies close to Broken Barrow Lane , the broken barrow of which old Westcote tells such strange tales ? Nothing was ...
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Page 477 - not allow of that course, because you cannot Land so secretly but that some Indians on the River side may discover you, who giving knowledge of your passage to the Spaniards you may be cut off before you can recover your