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The Celt, the Roman, and the Saxon : a history of the early inhabitants of Britain, down to the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity ; illustrated by the ancient remains brought to light by recent research / by Thomas Wright ; with numerous engravings on wood (1902)

Wright, Thomas, 1810-1877 · London : Paul, Trench, Trubner · leaf 105

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e first volume of my Essays on ArcluEolpgical Subjects,* fromwhich I extract the following. At about six feet above thelevel of the base of the tumulus there was an evident differeiux; * Essays on Arehajolog-ical Subjocts and on various quosfions connectedwith the History of Art, Science, uud… … Sepulcliral Tiunulus at St WeonnnVs, flerefonlshiie. gronnd, -which must in that case have been very uneven. Actingon tliis belief, we took this as the level of our cutting, whichwas exactly fourteen feet deep fi-om the top of the mound. Ona Thursday afternoon, when the workmen had an-ived…

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