Archaeologia CambrensisW. Pickering, 1847 - Electronic journals |
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... small trees ; but from the price , at which , at the then value of money , they were estimated , they could not have been so . THE TURPILLIAN INSCRIPTION , NEAR CRICK- HOWEL , BRECKNOCKSHIRE , 24 NOTES FROM THE RECORDS , ETC.
... small trees ; but from the price , at which , at the then value of money , they were estimated , they could not have been so . THE TURPILLIAN INSCRIPTION , NEAR CRICK- HOWEL , BRECKNOCKSHIRE , 24 NOTES FROM THE RECORDS , ETC.
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... inscription on a stone near Crick- howel , which is accompanied by a series of marks along the edge of the block , apparently quite analogous to those on the Kenfegge stone . The stone has been already represented both in Gough's Camden ...
... inscription on a stone near Crick- howel , which is accompanied by a series of marks along the edge of the block , apparently quite analogous to those on the Kenfegge stone . The stone has been already represented both in Gough's Camden ...
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... Inscription at Kenfegge , that I met with Jones's description of this stone . And I must admit , that his frivolous treatment of the subject , was one inducement which led me to Crickhowel , in search of it . It was , however , with ...
... Inscription at Kenfegge , that I met with Jones's description of this stone . And I must admit , that his frivolous treatment of the subject , was one inducement which led me to Crickhowel , in search of it . It was , however , with ...
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... inscription lying up- wards , when I was enabled to make a drawing , and take a rubbing of it . There is no difficulty in determining any of the letters in the inscription , which are as follows : - TVRPILLI IC IA CIT PV VERI TRILVNI ...
... inscription lying up- wards , when I was enabled to make a drawing , and take a rubbing of it . There is no difficulty in determining any of the letters in the inscription , which are as follows : - TVRPILLI IC IA CIT PV VERI TRILVNI ...
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... extent . Even within a few miles of the spot where this Turpillian inscrip- tion lies , the following instances of such destruction , may be mentioned : - - The stone in Vaenor parish , described by Llwyd 28 TURPILLIAN INSCRIPTION ,
... extent . Even within a few miles of the spot where this Turpillian inscrip- tion lies , the following instances of such destruction , may be mentioned : - - The stone in Vaenor parish , described by Llwyd 28 TURPILLIAN INSCRIPTION ,
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