 | English periodicals - 1847 - 420 pages
...part of the mound was composed of the remains of animals, placed there in the following manner — " The circumference of the circle was formed by upright posts of black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in height ; these were mortised into beams of a similar material, laid flat upon... | |
 | William Laxton - Architecture - 1858 - 522 pages
...circumference, being the largest which has yet been discovered, and is thus minutely described by Mr. Wilde: — "The circumference of the circle was formed by upright...into beams of a similar material, laid flat upon the sand and marl beneath the bog, and nearly 16 feet below the present surface. The upright posts were... | |
 | English essays - 1861 - 780 pages
...year 1839, and then only accidentally. We will quote Mr. Wilde's own account of the discovery : — marshy ground, which forms a basin of about a mile...formed by upright posts of black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in height; these were mortised into beams of a similar material, laid flat upon the... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1861 - 894 pages
...will quote Mr. Wilde's own account of the discovery : — rannoges ; or, marshy ground, which formg a basin of about a mile and a half in circuit, and...formed by upright posts of black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in height; these were mortised into beams of a similar material, laid flat upon the... | |
 | Margaret Gatty, Mrs. Alfred Gatty - Ireland - 1862 - 308 pages
...and a half in circuit. The lake in which it is situated has been drained within the memory of man. The circumference of the circle was formed by upright posts of black oak, from six to eight feet high; these were mortised into oak beams laid flat upon the marl and sand beneath... | |
 | Ferdinand Keller - Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings - 1878 - 722 pages
...partially surrounding it. One hundred and fifty cartloads of bones were taken away for manuring purposes. ' The circumference of the circle was formed by upright...upon the marl and sand beneath the bog, and nearly 1G feet below the present surface. The upright posts were held together by connecting cross-beams,... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - Ireland - 1886 - 402 pages
...ground, which forms a basin of about a mile and a-half in circuit, and is bounded by elevated lands. " The circumference of the circle was formed by upright posts of black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in height; these were mortised into beams of similar material laid flat upon the... | |
 | William Gregory Wood-Martin - Ireland - 1886 - 414 pages
...ground, which forms a basin of about a mile and a-half in circuit, and is bounded by elevated lands. " The circumference of the circle was formed by upright posts of black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in height ; these were mortised into beams of similar material laid flat upon the... | |
 | Literature - 1887 - 896 pages
...exposed at Lagore, County Meath, which was one hundred and seventy-three feet in diameter, says : — The circumference of the circle was formed by upright...upon the marl and sand beneath the bog, and nearly horse, which was used as an article of ' 16 feet below the present surface. The upright posts were... | |
 | Robert Munro - Archaeology - 1890 - 654 pages
...part of the mound was composed of the remains of animals, placed there in the following manner : — " The circumference of the circle was formed by upright...upon the marl and sand beneath the bog, and nearly 1C feet below the present surface. The upright posts were held together by connecting cross-beams,... | |
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The circumference of the circle was formed by upright posts of black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in height; these were mortised into beams of a similar material, laid flat upon the marl and sand beneath the bog, and nearly sixteen feet below... 
