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Rude stone monuments in all countries : their age and uses (1872)

Fergusson, James, 1808-1886 · London, J. Murray · leaf 167

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h precious stones.1 Though Gib Hill is interesting as the first of the high-leveldolmens which we have met with in this country, Minning Low isa still more striking example of that class which we hinted atbefore as common in Aveyron (ante, woodcut No. 8), and whichwe shall meet with frequently as… … Summit of Minning Low, as it appeared in 1786. From Douglas. 80 feet across.2 Its height could not be ascertained.3 It waseven then planted over with trees, so that these dimensions,except the breadth of the platform, are hardly to be dependedupon, and since then the whole mound has been so dug…

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