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BANNERDOWN, a tract containing the meeting point of Wilts, Gloucester, and Somerset. The point is 1¼ mile NW of the Box tunnel of the Great Western railway, and 4¾ miles W of Corsham. It was marked, for upwards of a century, by three small stones; but is marked now by a cromlech, set up in 1858.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a tract" (ADL Feature Type: "locations") |
| Administrative units: | Gloucestershire Ancient County Somerset Ancient County Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Bannerdown |
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