 | John Phillips - Geology - 1853 - 418 pages
...and that then gold was found in it. It seemed to us that it must have been recently visited by a fox. Considering the position of the kist, set with careful...of astronomical knowledge, of the solar year, and * Antiquities of the Scottish Border, by Sir W. Scott, Hurt. weekly periods. I dare not confidently... | |
 | William Stott Banks - Yorkshire (England) - 1866 - 390 pages
...this place of ancient burial had been opened many years before and then gold had been found in it; and he concludes—" considering the position of the kist,...these stones, which, if completed, appeared to be »6; it seemed no unreasonable conjecture that the construction contained traces of astronomical knowledge,... | |
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considering the position of the kist, set with careful attention to the cardinal points ; the two circles of stone ; the number of these stones, which, if completed, appeared to be 26; it seemed no unreasonable conjecture that the construction contained... 