The circumference of the circle was formed by upright posts of black oak, measuring from 6 to 8 feet in height ; these were mortised into beams of a similar material, laid flat upon the marl and sand beneath the bog, and nearly 16 feet below the present... Journal - Seite 121von Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1859Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society - 1891 - 586 Seiten
...Wilde describing a Crannoge exposed at Lagore, County Meath, which was 173 feet in diameter, says — " 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... | |
| Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt - 1858 - 40 Seiten
...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... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall, Mrs. S. C. Hall - 1911 - 510 Seiten
...of this circle was formed by upright posts of black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in height, mortised into beams of a similar material laid flat...upon the marl and sand beneath the bog, and nearly sixteen feet below the present surface. The upright posts were held together by connecting cross beams,... | |
| Royal Irish Academy - 1927 - 988 Seiten
...upright posts of black oak, 6 to 8 feet high, mortised into beams of similar material laid flat on marsh and sand beneath the bog, and nearly 16 feet below the present (1840) surface; he says that large iron nails were used in the structure. Among the things found he... | |
| 1849 - 676 Seiten
...of the circle was formed by upright posts of black oak, measuring from six to eight feet in height, mortised into beams of a similar material, laid flat upon the marl and sand below the bog, and nearly sixteen feet below the present surface. The upright posts were held together... | |
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