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An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)

Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 37

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f deciphering the use ofthis mound. In some places the solid mass has been bored into, and the superincum-bent strata falling in, fre<juently bury workmen in the rubbish. In all these excaviitionswalls of burnt brick laid in lime mortar of a good quality are to be seen ; and among theruins are… … fllI%>?)mTl^TO^ liollfiw, observes Mr. Rich, near the soutliorn part, I found a sepulchral urn of earthen-ware, wliich liad hfen broken in digging, andnear it lay some human bones, wliich pul-verised with the touch. Not more than 200^V yards from the northern extremity of tliis%^ mound, is a…

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