An Encyclopaedia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, and Company, 1891 - 1443 pages |
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... stone , pillar , or obelisk . . Circles of stones of different number and arrangement . 3. Sacrificial stones , 4. Crom- echs and cairns . 5. Logan stones . 6. Tolmen or colossal stones . 13. ( 1. ) Single Stones . ngle stones is ...
... stone , pillar , or obelisk . . Circles of stones of different number and arrangement . 3. Sacrificial stones , 4. Crom- echs and cairns . 5. Logan stones . 6. Tolmen or colossal stones . 13. ( 1. ) Single Stones . ngle stones is ...
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... stone . Cove jambs A stone he calls the ring stone Closing stone of the tail 30 12 200 40 Total 18 Outer circle , south Inner ditto Cove and altar stone , north circle 4 Of these , only seventy - six stones remained in the circle was ...
... stone . Cove jambs A stone he calls the ring stone Closing stone of the tail 30 12 200 40 Total 18 Outer circle , south Inner ditto Cove and altar stone , north circle 4 Of these , only seventy - six stones remained in the circle was ...
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... stones , to which Dr. Stukely has given the name of trilithons , because formed by two vertical and one horizontal stone : the former are from 17 to 184 feet high , the middle trilithon being the highest . Within this elipsis is another ...
... stones , to which Dr. Stukely has given the name of trilithons , because formed by two vertical and one horizontal stone : the former are from 17 to 184 feet high , the middle trilithon being the highest . Within this elipsis is another ...
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... stones , and sometimes a back stone , the whole being covered with one not usually placed exactly horizontal , but rather in an inclining Fig . 7 . KIT'S COTTY HOUSE . position . We here ( fig . 7. ) give a representation of one , that ...
... stones , and sometimes a back stone , the whole being covered with one not usually placed exactly horizontal , but rather in an inclining Fig . 7 . KIT'S COTTY HOUSE . position . We here ( fig . 7. ) give a representation of one , that ...
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... stone , is a stone of considerable magnitude , so disposed upon rocks as to leave an opening between them , through which an object could be passed . It is the general opinion in Corn wall that invalids were cured of their diseases by ...
... stone , is a stone of considerable magnitude , so disposed upon rocks as to leave an opening between them , through which an object could be passed . It is the general opinion in Corn wall that invalids were cured of their diseases by ...
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