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There is a hill overlooking the town called Cross Hill, which has a fort on it with some Victorian cannons and a pair of BL 5. 5 inch Mark I naval guns, that were originally fitted to HMS Hood ; the latter were used to repel a U-Boat German attack during World War II with surprisingly great success-the Germans did not approach the island again.
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There is little doubt that a Mycenaean megaron stood upon the hill during the late Bronze Age.
There were two lesser approaches up the hill on its north side, consisting of steep, narrow flights of steps cut in the rock.
There is no definitive cultural break between the 13th and 12th century BC throughout the entire region, although certain new features in the hill country, Transjordan, and coastal region may suggest the appearance of the Aramaean and Sea People groups.
There, the sandy, open strip on which the Romans could march easily was constricted by the hill, so that there was a gap of only about 100 m between the woods and the swampland at the edge of the Great Bog.
There was also an independent Roman city, Cemenelum, near Nice, where the hill of Cimiez is located.
There is not a hill or hillock in the whole district, but it derives a certain picturesque beauty from its wide expanses of cultivation, and the greenness and freshness of the vegetation.
There are also regional variations: coastal styles, such as vals ( similar to Vals Peruano ( Waltz )) and montubio music ( from the coastal hill country ).
* There is fire on the hill ( called Pratijñā, required to be proved )
There, he fortified the Munychia, a hill that dominated the port, and awaited the coming attack.
There is evidence of Neolithic settlement on the hilltop of Old Sarum, which became a hill fort in the Iron Age.
There is only one exposed wall in this type of earth sheltering, the wall facing out of the hill, all other walls are embedded within the earth / hill.
There are substantial masonry remains of the water channels and foundations of the individual mills, together with a staircase rising up the hill upon which the mills are built.
There is some archaeological evidence of Neolithic settlement at the Cathedral Hill site which otherwise appears to have been unoccupied until the late Bronze Age when there was an undefended settlement at least on the south west of the hill top.
There are two walking tracks in the national park, one climbing the hill to the summit which is about 88 m above sea level, called the Ocean view circuit and another leading around the headland just above sea level called the Rainforest circuit.
There, rather than run the line over the steep Indian and Town Hills, they deviated to the west of Billerica Center and met the original ROW at the bottom of the north side of town hill and continued on the original path to North Billerica.
There was a growth of small cedar trees on the top of the hill.
There was a ski hill in Mont Vernon with a rope tow.
There are several hills with elevations of 800 feet and one hill of 908 feet.
There is a large 45 mph sign after the hill flattens out at the bottom that is visible halfway down the hill.
There are several important temples built on Capitoline hill: the temple of Juno Moneta, the temple of Virtus, and the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus Capitolinus.
There have been a number of finds of flint and stone tools including palaeolithic hand-axes, from the Cherry Orchard Estate, to the west of the town centre, and from near North Lodge on the hill top south of Barrowby.
There has been speculation within Christianity whether the Binding occurred upon the Temple Mount or upon Calvary, the hill upon which Christ was crucified, or somewhere else.
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