Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GALLIBURY DOWN

GALLIBURY DOWN, an eminence between Brixton down and Bowcomb down, in the Isle of Wight; 3¾ miles SW of Newport. Numerous artificial excavations are in a hollow or vale at its south skirt; and are supposed to be vestiges of an ancient British village.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "an eminence"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Hampshire AncC

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