10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NURHAG»
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1
The Hill Forts, Stone Circles, and Other Structural Remains ...
Towards the south of the mound, another Nurhag rises above the level of the
terrace ; the horizontal ranges of its basement are still visible ; its only possible
entrance was through the exterior wall, and is more like a window than a door ;
we ...
2
A History of Architecture
Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham. unknown to history, possesses a
great numkr of strange stone buildings. The name nurhag is applied to a structure
unknown elsewhere in the world. Much smaller towers of similar masonry exist in
...
Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham, 1916
3
Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy
At the base of a Nurhag well preserved, in which were discovered some curious
idols, supposed by La Marmora to be Phoenician, are placed six conical stones,
each 4} ft. high, three of which have sculptured upon them representations of the
...
The whole, in fact, has a more advanced and more modern appearance than the
nurhags, and, as I read the riddle, the inhabitants adopted this form, and that
found in the nurhag at Iselle, after they had ceased to use the nurhag itself as a ...
5
The Archaeological Journal
It is 18 ft. in height, and in its low door-case and the rude stone-work which
surrounds it, might pass for a Sardinian "Nurhag," or an Irish round-tower of Mr.
Petrie's earliest period. The overlapping structure, though best adapted for
circular ...
6
A Short History of Architecture
Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham. unknown to history, possesses a
great number of strange stone buildings. The name nurhag is applied to a
structure unknown elsewhere in the world. Much smaller towers of similar
masonry exist ...
Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham, 1906
7
Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries, Their Age and Uses: ...
The whole, in fact, has a more advanced and more modern appearance than the
nurhags, and, as I read the riddle, the inhabitants adopted this form, and that
found in the nurhag at Iselle, after they had ceased to use the nurhag itself as a ...
8
Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses
The whole, in fact, has a more advanced and more modern appearance than the
nurhags, and, as I read the riddle, the inhabitants adopted this form, and that
found in the nurhag at Iselle, after they had ceased to use the nurhag itself as a ...
9
Stones of Northumberland and other lands
The outstanding feature of the Nurhag is the platform, and with the receptacle for
bones below they resemble very closely the Parsee " Towers of Silence." Nurhag
of Santa Barbara, Sardinia. Tombs of stone, hewn and sometimes carved, are ...
Pauli-Latino1 standing in the vicinity of another tomb, and a partly destroyed
Nurhag, and consisting of a semi— circle of ten stones with the eleventh in the
form of a stele having a very small square door at the bottom, which leads into a ...
