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| St Gregory’s Hill | St Gregory’s Hill | Mr. A. Thompson | on Sheets | A low but steep hill immediately | ||
| Estate Map | 19. 1 & | South of the Village of Kirknewton | ||||
| Tythe Map | 19. 2 | and on the top, there is a small | ||||
| ancient Camp. | ||||||
| Yeavering Bell | Yeavering Bell | Mr. Robt Brown | on Sheet | A mountain about 2000 feet high | ||
| (Druidical Remains) | (Druidical Remains) | Mr. Wm Short | 19. 2 | a little South of Yeavering farm. | ||
| Directory | On its summit is an enclosed place | |||||
| of about 13 acres, by a belt of loose | ||||||
| boulders which are supposed to have | ||||||
| formed a defensive wall in olden times, | ||||||
| the highest point is surrounded by a small | ||||||
| circular trench, and there are several | ||||||
| minute circles visible round about within | ||||||
| the enclosed space, the whole are supposed | ||||||
| to have formed a retreat of safety for | ||||||
| the Druids, and this place is supposed to | ||||||
| have been a princip |
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| in the North. | ||||||
| Robt Young Corporal Royal Engineers |
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