Archaic England, an essay in deciphering prehistory from megalithic monuments, earthworks, customs, coins, placenames, and faeric superstitions (1919)
Bayley, Harold · London : Chapman & Hall ltd. · leaf 651
templewas circular, and it is probable that the name Moriah meantoriginally Moreye or Big Eye. That the three cavities inquestion were once ains or eyes is implied bj^ the explorersstatement: Within this recess are three cylindrical holes 684 AECHAIC ENGLAND [chat. 5| inches in diameter, the lines… … Fin. 393,—From TJie Recnvcri/ of Jrriisaleiii (Wilson and Warren). there can be little doubt that this is an ancient overflowfrom the Birket Israil. ^ It is probable that the measureof these three cup-like holes was once 5 inches, and thatthe resultant fifteen had some original connection with…
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