 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1790 - 630 pages
...outward wall appears completely vitrified ; and at the eaft fide, where the hill is more acceflible, and the declivity more gradual, there is a prodigious...itfelf to the thicknefs of above forty feet. At the fouth-eaft corner, and adjoining to this immenfe mound, is an out-work, confifting of two femi-circular... | |
 | 1790 - 564 pages
...outward w;ill appears completely vitrified ; and at the eaft fide, where the hill is more acceffiale, and the declivity more gradual, there is a prodigious mound of vitrified matter, extending itfclfto the ihickneis of above forty feet. At the fouth-ечЛ corner, and adjoining to this immenfe... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 446 pages
...rampart is formed only of dry (Iones and earth. At the catl fide, where the hill is more acceffible, there is a prodigious mound of vitrified matter, extending itfelf to the thicknefs of above 40 feet. At the foutheaft corner, and adjoining to this immenfe mound, is an outwork, confiding of... | |
 | sir Richard Phillips - 1825 - 408 pages
...outward wall appears completely vitrified ; and at the east side, where the hill is more accessible, and the declivity more gradual, there is a prodigious mound of vitrified matter, extending itself to the thickness of above forty feet. At the south-east corner, and adjoining to this immense... | |
 | James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 pages
...outward wall appears completely vitrified ; and at the east side, where the hill is more accessible, and the declivity more gradual, there is a prodigious mound of vitrified matter, extending itself to the thickness of above forty feet. At the south-east corner, and adjoining to this immense... | |
 | Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1790 - 658 pages
...outward wall appears completely vitrified j and at the eaft fide, where the hill is more acceflible, and the declivity more gradual, there is a prodigious...itfelf to the thicknefs of above forty feet. At the fouth-eaft corner, and adjoining to this immenfe mound, is an out- work, confiding of two femi-circular... | |
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... fuperfeded the neceffity of much artificial operation, there being little hazard that an affault would ever be attempted on this quarter. EVERY where elfe this outward wall appears completely vitrified ; and at the eaft fide, where the hill is more... 