 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810 - 926 pages
...time and weather. The slope, or ramp of this mount is extremely steep, forming nn angle with the plain of the horizon, of more than forty degrees ; and yet no traces remain of any path or steps i< •,• the purpose of carrying up machines, or any weighty ammunition. The chief entrance seems... | |
 | Thomas Cromwell - 1819 - 266 pages
...tradition, Thetford had walls, though there is no appearance of their remains. The slope or ramp of this mount is extremely steep, forming an angle with...of carrying up machines, or any weighty ammunition. The chief entrance seems to have been on the north side, where, in the second or inner rampart, a passage... | |
 | Thomas Kitson Cromwell - 1819 - 676 pages
...Thetford had walls, though there is no appearance of their remains. The slope or ramp of this mount te extremely steep, forming an angle with the plane of...of carrying up machines, or any weighty ammunition. The chief entrance seems to have been on the north side, where, in the second or inner rampart, a passage... | |
 | Friedrich Christian Accum - 1819 - 194 pages
...mount is extremely steep, forming' an anglewith the plain of the horizon, of more than forty degrees j and yet no traces remain of any path or steps for...carrying" up machines, or any weighty ammunition. The chief entrance seems to have been on the north side, where, in the second or inner, rarnpart, a... | |
 | Edinburgh gazetteer - 1822 - 846 pages
...is about 100 feet in height, and the circumference at the lia-i- 981. Its slope is extremely steep, and yet no traces remain of any path or steps for the conveyance of ammunition or heavy luggage. The chief entrance seems to have been on the north side.... | |
 | John Chambers - 1829 - 888 pages
...it, which is dishing or concave upwards of twelve feet below its outer surface. The slope, or ramp, is extremely steep, forming an angle with the plane...the purpose of carrying up machines or any weighty anninition. The inclosing ramparts are still near twenty feet high, and their ditches at bottom from... | |
 | John Chambers - 1829 - 654 pages
...summit, which is dishing or concave upwards of twelve feet below its outer surface. The slope, or ramp, is extremely steep, forming an angle with the plane...the purpose of carrying up machines or any weighty amunition. The inclosing ramparts are still near twenty feet high, and their ditches at bottom from... | |
 | William White - 1836 - 832 pages
...below the outer surface. The slope of the mount is extremely steep, forming an angle with the plain of the horizon of more than forty degrees ; and yet...of carrying up machines, or any weighty ammunition. It has been surrounded by a double rampart, with an outward ditch, the sides of which were protected... | |
 | William White - 1836 - 868 pages
...below the outer surface. Tho slope of the mount is extremely steep, forming an angle with the plain of the horizon of more than forty degrees ; and yet...steps for the purpose of carrying up machines, or uny weighty ammunition. It has been surrounded by a double rampart, with an outward ditch, the fides... | |
 | William White - 1844 - 770 pages
...below the outer surface. The slope of the mount is extremely steep, forming an angle with the plain of the horizon of more than forty degrees ; and yet...of carrying up machines, or any weighty ammunition. It has been surrounded by a double rampart, with an outward ditch, the sides of which were protected... | |
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... the purpose of carrying up machines or any weighty ammunition. The chief entrance seems to have been on the north side, where in the second or inner rampart a passage is so formed that troops attempting... 
