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New radiocarbon dating (2011) allow us to date the building of the first monument to 4000–3650 BCE, the second shrine dating to 3500–3000 BCE." [12] La Hougue Bie: Jersey: Europe: 4000–3500 BCE Passage grave: An 18.6 m (61 ft) long Neolithic passage grave with 12th century (medieval) chapel above [13] and World War II structures. [14] [15 ...
The building operated as a tavern for 90 years until it was converted into a three-family residence in 1870. In 1971, the building was restored and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Van Leer Pleasant Hill Plantation: West Nantmeal Township, Pennsylvania: c. 1780: House
T scale, using 3 mm gauge track to represent 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge railways. Hasegawa also produces plastic ship models in this scale. 1:432: 0.706 mm The scale used during World War II by the U.S. Navy for aircraft recognition. 1:426: 0.028: 0.715 mm Scale used by Revell for USS Arizona, Pennsylvania, Norton Sound, and Pine Island ships.
Former buildings: Girard Avenue Meeting House 17th Street and Girard Avenue Built 1862 Discontinued 1934 Demolished Greater Friends Meeting House SW corner 2nd and Market Streets Built 1755. Dismantled 1812, used to build Twelfth Street Meeting House. Orange Street Friends Meeting House 7th Street and Washington Square South Demolished 1911
Medieval architecture was the art and science of designing and constructing buildings in the Middle Ages. The major styles of the period included pre-Romanesque, Romanesque, and Gothic. In the fifteenth century, architects began to favour classical forms again, in the Renaissance style, marking the end of the medieval period. Many examples of ...
The stone columns of the triforium of the apse of Chartres Cathedral have a maximum variation of plus or minus 19 mm (0.75 in). [17] Excess materials and stone chips were not wasted. Instead of building walls of solid stone, walls were often built with two smooth stone faces filled in the interior with stone rubble. [16]
Society Hill is named after the 17th-century Free Society of Traders, which had its offices at Front Street on the hill above Dock Creek. [14] The Free Society of Traders was a company of elite merchants, landowners, and personal associates of William Penn who were granted special concessions in order to direct the economy of the young colony.
Ightham Mote (/ ˈ aɪ t əm ˈ m oʊ t /), at Ightham, is a medieval moated manor house in Kent, England. The architectural writer John Newman describes it as "the most complete small medieval manor house in the county". [1] Ightham Mote and its gardens are owned by the National Trust and are open to the public.