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91Silbury Hill — /sil ber ee, beuh ree/ the largest prehistoric artificial mound in Europe, located near Avebury, England, and dating from 2600 B.C. * * * …
92Hellenistic Age — In the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the period between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) and the conquest of Egypt by Rome (30 BC). Alexander and his successors established Greek monarchies that controlled the area from… …
93Kendal — ▪ England, United Kingdom town (parish), South Lakeland district, administrative county of Cumbria, historic county of Westmorland, England. It is the largest town and the administrative centre of the district. It is close to the main route …
94embankment — noun a long artificial mound of earth and stone, built to hold back water, for protection or to support a road See Also …
95Mausoleum of Yugoslav Soldiers in Olomouc — The Mausoleum of Yugoslav Soldiers is a neoclassical chapel with an ossuary containing remains of Yugoslav soldiers killed in the First World War. It was built in 1926 in the Bezruč s Park in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic) by… …
96Naghnaghiya — Naghnaghiya …
97Annan — ANNAN, a royal burgh, and a parish, in the county of Dumfries, 16 miles (E. S. E.) from Dumfries, and 79 (s.) from Edinburgh; containing, with part of Brydekirk quoad sacra, 5471 inhabitants, of whom 4409 are in the burgh. This place, which is …
98Ardrossan — ARDROSSAN, a parish, in the district of Cunninghame, county of Ayr; including the thriving town of Ardrossan, and the greater part of Saltcoats, 74 miles (W. S. W.) from Edinburgh; and containing 4947 inhabitants. This place derives its name,… …
99Dalry — 1) DALRY, a manufacturing town and parish, in the district of Cunninghame, county of Ayr, 5 miles (S. W.) from Beith, and 7 (N. N. E.) from Saltcoats; containing 4791 inhabitants. This place derives its name, in the Gaelic language signifying… …
100Monikie — MONIKIE, a parish, in the county of Forfar, 3½ miles (W. by N.) from Muirdrum; containing, with the villages of Craigton, Guildie, and Guildiemuir, and the hamlet of Bankhead, 1317 inhabitants. This parish is supposed to have derived its name …
