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2 unusual facts about Artificial dwelling hill


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Along the coast they lived on artificial hills called terpen, built high enough to remain dry during the highest tide.

He said that they were "wretched natives" living on a barren coast in small cottages (or huts) on hilltops, or on mounds of turf built high enough to stay dry during the highest tide (i.e., terpen).



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