Set in a Silver Sea: The Island Peoples from Earliest Times to the Fifteenth Century, Volume 1Collins, 1984 - 470 pages |
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... roads . Some would come from afar and have a road very long , very bad and very difficult ; some would have a very long , very direct and very good road ; some would have a very short and yet hard and strait and foul one ; some would ...
... roads . Some would come from afar and have a road very long , very bad and very difficult ; some would have a very long , very direct and very good road ; some would have a very short and yet hard and strait and foul one ; some would ...
Page 199
... road from Stirling to the north . Sooner than allow the invaders to penetrate to the liberated lands beyond the Forth , he decided to give battle about a mile from the point where the Stirling road crossed the river , here deep and ...
... road from Stirling to the north . Sooner than allow the invaders to penetrate to the liberated lands beyond the Forth , he decided to give battle about a mile from the point where the Stirling road crossed the river , here deep and ...
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... road to Stirling , serpentined north - eastwards through pools to the Forth . The beleaguered castle , clearly visible on its height , was now only three miles away . The Scots were posted on rising wooded ground barring the road ...
... road to Stirling , serpentined north - eastwards through pools to the Forth . The beleaguered castle , clearly visible on its height , was now only three miles away . The Scots were posted on rising wooded ground barring the road ...
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