Round, and
beyond the rock (_f_), the wall of the left side of the gallery was
built, but the passage was so narrow (_g_) that I contented myself by
looking through it. This incomprehensible narrowness is a feature in the
buildings of this period. Some of Captain Otter's officers pushed
through into the small chamber (_h_); beyond this the gallery was
ruinated and impassable; the total length explored was 45 feet."[71]
[Footnote 71: _Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot._, vol. vii. (First Series), pp.
167-8.]
[Illustration: PLATE II.
FIG. 8.
"It is of a bee-hive form, about 18 feet in diameter, 9 feet high, and
covered with green turf outside."
_a_ _a_. doors; 3 feet high, "higher and better formed than is usual."
_b_. fireplace (having a chimney above, which is exceptional).
_c_. row of stones marking off _d._
_d_. bed on floor.
_e_ _e_ _e_. small recesses in wall.
FIG. 9.
Dwelling and Dairy joined, "of the usual bee-hive shape, and green with
the growing turf." Dairy "6 feet square on floor, but roundish
externally."
_a_. doorway; "easily closed with a creel, a bundle of heather, or a
straw mat."
_b_.
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