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Salisbury Plain |
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Salisbury Plain, undulating, mostly barren chalk plateau, c.300 sq mi (780 sq km), Wiltshire, S England. It is noted chiefly as the site of ancient monuments, of which Stonehenge Stonehenge (stōn`hĕnj'), group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, S England. ..... Click the link for more information. is the most famous. The region is also an army training ground. Salisbury Plain an open chalk plateau in S England, in Wiltshire: site of Stonehenge; military training area. Average height: 120 m (400 ft.) |
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The valley of the Avon--invisible, but far to the north the trained eye may see Clearbury Ring that guards it, and the imagination may leap beyond that on to Salisbury Plain itself, and beyond the Plain to all the glorious downs of Central England. He filled that room with his light and life in such a manner that a man felt he could as easily have filled Salisbury Plain. |
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