The Rivers, Mountains, and Sea-coast of Yorkshire: With Essays on the Climate, Scenery, and Ancient Inhabitants of the CountyJ. Murray, 1853 - 316 páginas |
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... Roman road was carried from Eboracum ( York ) to Luguvallium ( Carlisle ) . The title of Stainmoor applies well enough to this broad surface of gritstone and shales diver- sified by many picturesque low craggy summits , which are some ...
... Roman road was carried from Eboracum ( York ) to Luguvallium ( Carlisle ) . The title of Stainmoor applies well enough to this broad surface of gritstone and shales diver- sified by many picturesque low craggy summits , which are some ...
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... Roman road is carried . Ten of the eleven openings are guarded by a mound on the out- side of the depression or ditch ; the eleventh , in the south - east corner , is also guarded , but by what appears a natural elevation of ground . In ...
... Roman road is carried . Ten of the eleven openings are guarded by a mound on the out- side of the depression or ditch ; the eleventh , in the south - east corner , is also guarded , but by what appears a natural elevation of ground . In ...
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... Roman road from Eburacum to the sea - coast ; and from this point they decline gently to Hunsley Beacon , 531 feet , and beyond that drop to the Humber . Everywhere these hills present a smooth bold front to the north and west ; and ...
... Roman road from Eburacum to the sea - coast ; and from this point they decline gently to Hunsley Beacon , 531 feet , and beyond that drop to the Humber . Everywhere these hills present a smooth bold front to the north and west ; and ...
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... Roman road is in- scribed : -To the Emperors our Lords Gallus and Volusianus ( his son ) ; probably A.D. 253 ( Gough's Camden ) . IMPP . DD . NN . GALLO ET VOLV SIANO AVGG . DEO MART occurs on several altars . On an altar preserved at ...
... Roman road is in- scribed : -To the Emperors our Lords Gallus and Volusianus ( his son ) ; probably A.D. 253 ( Gough's Camden ) . IMPP . DD . NN . GALLO ET VOLV SIANO AVGG . DEO MART occurs on several altars . On an altar preserved at ...
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... Roman road crossed it ( from Cataractonium to Vinovia and Bremenium ) and a square camp re- mains . An altar inscribed to Condatus , and other circumstances , indicate this to have been a station of importance , but its name is not ...
... Roman road crossed it ( from Cataractonium to Vinovia and Bremenium ) and a square camp re- mains . An altar inscribed to Condatus , and other circumstances , indicate this to have been a station of importance , but its name is not ...
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Acklam ancient Anglian Anglo-Saxon appear bank Beacon Bolton Abbey Bridge Bridlington Brig Brigantes Brigantian Britain British Brough Cæsar called Castle Cave chalk church clay cliffs coast Crag Cross dale Delgovitia deposits Derwent dikes district ditto east Eburacum elevated entrenchments feet Fell Filey Flamborough formed gritstone ground Hatfield head height hills Ilkley inches Ingleborough Ingleton ironstone Isurium Kilnsea Kirkby land Lias limestone Lune Malham Malham Cove Malton marked Mickle Fell miles millstone grit Moor moorlands mound mountains Muker North-riding northward Olicana oolitic Penyghent perhaps period PLATE Præfectus probably Ptolemy rain region remarkable river rocks Roman camp Roman road sandstone Saxon Scar Scarborough shale shire side station stone strata stream summit surface Swale Swaledale Tees temperature tion traced tumuli Vale of Pickering Vale of York valley village Wall Wensleydale West-riding Whernside Whitby winds Wold York Yorkshire
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Página 179 - German geologists, streichen signifying to extend, to have a certain direction. Dip and strike may be aptly illustrated by a row of houses running east and west, the long ridge of the roof representing the strike of the stratum of slates, which dip on one side to the north, and on the other to the south.
Página 94 - Elmete, the deer, wild boar and white bull were wandering in unfrequented woods, or wading in untainted waters, or roaming over boundless heaths. Now, hundreds of thousands of men of many races have extirpated the wood, dyed the waters with tints derived from other lands, turned the heaths into fertile fields, and filled the valley with mills and looms, water-wheels and engine-chimneys.
Página 185 - ... does produce ; as firs, oaks, birch, beech, yew, thorn, willow, ash, &c. the roots of all or most of which stand in the soil in their natural position, as thick as ever they could grow, as the trunks of most of them lie by their proper roots. Most...
Página 246 - Vortigern gave them land in the south-east of this country, on condition that they should fight against the Picts. Then they fought against the Picts, and had the victory wheresoever they came.
Página 82 - ... most beautiful vales in the world. Professor Phillips, of Oxford, once summed up for the Guide Book the attractions of Ilkley with more than geological enthusiasm : Few places of general resort (he says) so well deserve their reputation as Ilkley. The springs are pure and abundant, the air is free and bracing ; the river utters cheerful sounds as it wanders through green meadows or rushes between lofty banks, shaded with woods and crowned by mighty rocks. High open moorlands, easily accessible...
Página 134 - ... made there, and set on fire. When the fire spread, they took great forks, and threw the brands on the town ; and when one house took fire from another, they gave up all the town. The Northmen slew many people, and seized all that they found.
Página 109 - In general, as in the double series which encircles the summit of Rosebury Topping, only circular hollows appear — not unlike swallow-holes. But at Egton Grange, in Eskdale, the cavities, which vary in diameter from eight to eighteen feet, and in depth from three to six feet, have a raised border of earth and stones, with usually an opening on one side. Some have been built round within in the form of a well." " Killing Pits, one mile south of Goadland Chapel ; Hole Pits, a little south of Westerdale...