An Encyclopædia of Architecture, Historical, Theoretical, & PracticalLongmans, Green, 1888 - 1443 Seiten |
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... side 7 ft . , breadth 7 ft . , thickness 2 ft . , weight 8 tons . The middle stone is very irregular ; its medium ... side of the covering stone is 9 ft . These stones are of the kind called Kentish rag . Many years ago there was a ...
... side 7 ft . , breadth 7 ft . , thickness 2 ft . , weight 8 tons . The middle stone is very irregular ; its medium ... side of the covering stone is 9 ft . These stones are of the kind called Kentish rag . Many years ago there was a ...
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... sides a few yards of wall remain , the face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through ...
... sides a few yards of wall remain , the face whereof is clear and perfect , and appears to have been the front of some building . The opposite side is so confused a mass of rubbish , that it looks as if the ravine had been worked through ...
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... side an ornament of the same material , which had seemingly been suspended to some part of the skeleton . On the western side of the river there is not the slightest vestige of ruins ex- cepting opposite the mass of Amran , where there ...
... side an ornament of the same material , which had seemingly been suspended to some part of the skeleton . On the western side of the river there is not the slightest vestige of ruins ex- cepting opposite the mass of Amran , where there ...
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... side is an aperture like a window ; the layers of cement are very thin , which , consider- ing it is mere mud , is an extraordinary circumstance . The height of the whole is 126 ft .; diameter of the largest part , 100 ft ...
... side is an aperture like a window ; the layers of cement are very thin , which , consider- ing it is mere mud , is an extraordinary circumstance . The height of the whole is 126 ft .; diameter of the largest part , 100 ft ...
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... side , having no stairs on that side ; average height about 18 ft . 7 in . On the north side it is 410 paces ( 926 ft . ) from east to west , and the wall is 21 ft . high in some places . At the north - west corner of the wall , about ...
... side , having no stairs on that side ; average height about 18 ft . 7 in . On the north side it is 410 paces ( 926 ft . ) from east to west , and the wall is 21 ft . high in some places . At the north - west corner of the wall , about ...
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