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The diameter of the barrow , which is nearly a perfect circle , is twenty - nine feet .
Unlike the circles surrounding other barrows in the neighbourhood , this one was
originally constructed of several layers of stones fitted together , one over the ...
The diameter of the barrow , which is nearly a perfect circle , is twenty - nine feet .
Unlike the circles surrounding other barrows in the neighbourhood , this one was
originally constructed of several layers of stones fitted together , one over the ...
Page 34
À. 5 10 FEET Sinking a shaft in the centre of the barrow , at the depth of about
eight feet , the workmen came to two natural granite rocks , one resting on the
other , and sloping downward towards its eastern end ( as see the plan ) . This
rock is ...
À. 5 10 FEET Sinking a shaft in the centre of the barrow , at the depth of about
eight feet , the workmen came to two natural granite rocks , one resting on the
other , and sloping downward towards its eastern end ( as see the plan ) . This
rock is ...
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trench , and having cleared away the earth and rubble from the middle of the
barrow , we soon came to a flat stone about three feet square . Although every
precaution was taken in opening this barrow , the miner in raising this stone ,
finding it ...
trench , and having cleared away the earth and rubble from the middle of the
barrow , we soon came to a flat stone about three feet square . Although every
precaution was taken in opening this barrow , the miner in raising this stone ,
finding it ...
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TREDINNEY BARROW , Six miles west of Penzance , on the brow of a hill to the
right of the road leading to the Land's End , I had often observed a large
undisturbed barrow , four or five feet above the level of the surrounding fields ,
and ...
TREDINNEY BARROW , Six miles west of Penzance , on the brow of a hill to the
right of the road leading to the Land's End , I had often observed a large
undisturbed barrow , four or five feet above the level of the surrounding fields ,
and ...
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One of + 10 FEET these rocks , seven feet long by about four broad , was sloping
downwards towards its eastern end ; and remembering the one at Morvah Hill , I
directed a trench to be sunk in that direction , and presently came to a flat stone ...
One of + 10 FEET these rocks , seven feet long by about four broad , was sloping
downwards towards its eastern end ; and remembering the one at Morvah Hill , I
directed a trench to be sunk in that direction , and presently came to a flat stone ...
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