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Category : Scotland
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Pages : 492
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Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760
Author: Richard PocockePublisher:
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Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Tours in Scotland
Author: Richard PocockeTOURS IN SCOTLAND 1747 1750 17
Author: Richard 1704-1765 PocockePublisher: Wentworth Press
ISBN: 9781363726981
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760
Author: Richard PocockePublisher:
ISBN: 9781375483728
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760, by Richard Pococke,... From the Original Ms. and Drawings in the British Museum, Edited with a Biographical Sketch of the Author by Daniel William Kemp
Author: Richard PocockeTours In Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760, Ed. With A Biogr. Sketch By D.w. Kemp
Author: Richard Pococke (Bp of Meath )Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781020474378
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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An account of a series of journeys taken by a prominent 18th-century Anglican bishop through the Scottish Highlands, with observations on the landscape, culture, and history of the region. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760
Author: Richard PocockePublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230454290
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Languages : en
Pages : 160
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1887 edition. Excerpt: ... Alex. Pope of Reay, in Pennant's Tour Scot. 1769, p. 357. 4 'Near the Bridge of Brora there is a fine large cave, called Uai na Caiman. The Bishop of Ossory admired it, and said there were such caves about Bethlehem in Palestine.'--By Pope, in Pennant's Tour Scot. 1769, p. 357. 5 The Doll of Brora. Coming along the coast near a mile to Dunrobin, Lord Sutherland's castle and house, we were surprized at seeing halfa-dozen families forming so many groupes--viz., the man, his wife, and children, each under a coverlit, and reposing on the shoar, in order to wait for ye tyde to go a-fishing. We arrived at Dunrobin, twenty miles from Dunbeath. This castle is finely situated on the end of a hill, which is cut off by a deep fossee, so that it appears on the south side, and next to the sea, like an old Celtic mount. Between it and the sea is a very good garden. The castle did consist of two square towers and a gateway. One tower only remains now, to which the house is built. There are good appartments in it, tho' some have been destroyed by fire. The present earl has begun to plant the hanging ground from the house, and proposes to carry it on, which will make it exceeding fine. This castle was built by the first Earl of Sutherland. A small mile to the north-west is a part called the old town and ye remains of a Pictish castle,1 which must have been the residence of the Thanes of Sutherland, under which name they have been famous in history, and more especially in the time of Macbeth. The court of this castle is about thirty feet in diameter; there was a terrace on the outside twenty-one feet broad, and round that are the foundations of a wall six feet thick; this also is a mount cut of from the hill; on each side at the entrance was a sort of...
Tours in Scotland, 1747, 1750, 1760
Author: Richard PocockePublisher:
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Category : Scotland
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Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760 - Primary Source Edition
Author: Richard PocockePublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781289474591
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Languages : en
Pages : 456
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The Tour of Dr. R. Pococke ... Through Sutherland and Caithness in 1760. With Introduction and Notes by D.W. Kemp. [Extracted from "Tours in Scotland 1747, 1750, 1760."].
Author: Richard POCOCKE (successively Bishop of Ossory and of Meath.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 71
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