Finally, at great expense he had to send one of his own vehicles to get thoseturves.
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The walls of the houses were originally made ofturves, clay or wood, most of the houses that survive today, however, have brick walls.
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The embankment was between 11and20 ft high, and was made of sand, covered inturves.
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The area was still a remote and barren heathland, and much of it was common land used by the inhabitants for livestock and by the poor for wood andturves.
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