A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Salisbury Plain, undulating tract, Wilts, extending W. from E. border of co. to Westbury and Warminster, and from the Vale of Pewsey 10 miles S. to vicinity of Salisbury; has an average height of 400 ft., and rises to a height of 775 ft. on Westbury Down. The Druidical circle of Stonehenge is in the plain, 6 miles N. of Salisbury.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "undulating tract" (ADL Feature Type: "locations") |
| Administrative units: | Wiltshire AncC |
| Place: | Salisbury Plain |
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