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Gnoll (Dungeons
Gnoll may refer to: *Gnoll Country Park, a park in Wales *The Gnoll, a sports ground in Wales *Gnoll (fictional creature), a fictional species of human-hyena hybrids See also * Gnole, a fictional entity in ''The Book of Wonder'' anthnology * Knoll (other) In geography, knoll is another term for a knowe or hillock, a small, low, round natural hill or mound. Knoll may also refer to: Places * Knoll Camp, site of an Iron Age hill fort Hampshire, England, United Kingdom * Knoll Lake, Leonard Canyon, Ar ... * Knol (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnoll Country Park
The Gnoll Country Park (or Gnoll Estate) is a park in Wales. It is an early-18th-century landscaped garden covering over in the Vale of Neath, in Neath Port Talbot county borough in south Wales. The park is designated Grade II* on the Cadw/ICOMOS Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales. History The estate was the property of the Mackworth family during the 18th and 19th centuries. There are few traces remaining of the house, once considered "one of the finest residences in the principality". Historically, the estate was part of the Norman-owned territory of Neath and Afan, which also comprised Neath Abbey and Neath Castle. The first recorded individual owner was Evan ap David during the 16th century. The last of Evan's descendants to own it was Sir Herbert Evans, who died in the late 17th century. Sir Herbert's daughter and sole surviving heir, Mary, married Humphrey Mackworth (later Sir Humphrey) in 1686 and on her death ten years later, Mackworth be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gnoll
The Gnoll ( cy, Y Gnol) in Neath, Wales is a sports ground, with a capacity of 6,000 (formerly 15,000). It is used primarily for rugby union and rugby league, although it has also been used previously for association football and cricket. The stadium has hosted international rugby matches, with it being the home ground of the Wales women's national rugby union team, and men's matches included one during the 2013 Rugby League World Cup against the Cook Islands national rugby league team, Cook Islands. Description In July 2009, Neath RFC presented plans for the redevelopment of the Gnoll, including building a community centre on the site, which were criticised by Neath town councillors as being "too woolly". Rugby Rugby union The Gnoll is the traditional home of Neath RFC, one of the leading Wales, Welsh clubs in the pre-regional era of rugby. It has hosted Neath since the club was founded in 1871. The ground has a capacity of 6,000. The Gnoll has been used as the home ground for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnoll (fictional Creature)
''Dungeons & Dragons'' 3rd Edition (see editions of ''Dungeons & Dragons'') was released in 2000. The first book containing monsters, one of the essential elements of the game, to be published was the ''Monster Manual'', released along with the other two "core" rulebooks. Wizards of the Coast officially discontinued the 3rd Edition line upon the release of a revision, known as version 3.5, in 2003, with the ''Monster Manual'' reprinted for the revised edition. In this edition, killing monsters as to gain experience points was complemented by other achievements like negotiating, sneaking by or investigation. Additionally, the concept of challenge rating of monsters was introduced, a number to gauge their danger compared to the player characters' level. Further new elements were the grouping of creatures into defined types, and templates, which were not monsters in themselves but a set of changes that could be applied to a creature or character, like celestial versions of animals or v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnole
''The Book of Wonder'' is the seventh book and fifth original short story collection of Irish fantasy writer Lord Dunsany, considered a major influence on the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, H. P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. Le Guin, and others. It was first published in hardcover by William Heinemann in November, 1912, and has been reprinted a number of times since. A 1918 edition from the Modern Library was actually a combined edition with ''Time and the Gods''. The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author. Lord Dunsany employed the talents of Sidney Sime to illustrate his fantasy short story collections, but ''The Book of Wonder'' is unique in that Sydney Sime drew the illustrations first, and Lord Dunsany wrote the tales to incorporate them: 'I found Mr Sime one day, in his strange house at Worplesdon, complaining that editors did not offer him very suitable subjects for illustration; so I said: "Why not do any pictures you like, and I will write stories explaining t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knoll (other)
In geography, knoll is another term for a knowe or hillock, a small, low, round natural hill or mound. Knoll may also refer to: Places * Knoll Camp, site of an Iron Age hill fort Hampshire, England, United Kingdom * Knoll Lake, Leonard Canyon, Arizona, United States * The Knoll, a knoll on Ross Island, near Antarctica * The Knoll, an estate in Hove, England, United Kingdom, (see Hangleton) People with the name * Knoll (surname) Brands and enterprises * Knoll (company), an industrial design and office furniture manufacturing company * Knoll Pharmaceuticals, a German drug development company taken over by Abbott Laboratories in 2002 Other uses * Knoll (oceanography), a underwater geological feature * Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, a US government research and development facility See also * Grassy Knoll (other) * Green Knowe * Greenknowe Tower * Gnoll (other) * Knol (other) * Knole House Knole () is a country house and former archbishop's pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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