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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 196

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univers-ally good, and the materials well chosen and well prepared.The town walls generally consist of two parallel facings of stonesand tiles, the interior filled up with a mass of mortar mixedwith rubble and other materials. The stone for building maybe generally traced to neighbouring quarries ;… … CHAP. VI.J FACING STONES. 183 (iaul. The careful and exact maimer in which even the smallfacing stones of the walls are squared, shows them to be thework of excellent masons. In general, these facing stones areslightly wedge-shaped, the smaller end being placed towardsthe interior of the wall,…

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