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| "Before descending to this F[ord?] he must notice a Still more | ||||||
| it is on the top of the Whinstone Rocks. Called the Blue Crags | ||||||
| is about 800 yards north of Colwell and 700 yards East of | ||||||
| our Road. Naturally it is an isolated Mass of Whinstone of | ||||||
| about an acre, in the form of a wedge, the back and | ||||||
| sides offering natural defences, and the edge stoutly defended | ||||||
| by a Rampart of Stones, the upper part is divided from the | ||||||
| lower by a Continuation of this Rampart of Stones, and within the | ||||||
| upper Division are several circles of Stones of about 25 |
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| or 30 feet in diameter similar to what we have seen on | ||||||
| Ingleborough in Yorkshire and Carn Engley in Pembrokeshire | ||||||
| which are supposed to be British Camps. Immediately on the | ||||||
| North of this Camp is a Smaller and less strong one on | ||||||
| Green Crag having similar marks of occupation though | ||||||
| not as extensive or perfect, and on the East are other Signs | ||||||
| of occupation or dwellings." | ||||||
| McLauchlans Memoir of the | ||||||
| Watling Street | ||||||
Note: 102b is unsigned
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