GROUND PLAN OF RUINED _BOTH_ AT BAILE FHLODAIDH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
THE ISLAND OF BENBECULA.
_a_. "scarcely 18 in. wide."]
PLATE V.--_Ground Plan of Bee-Hive House, Island of Benbecula._
(From Plate XXXII. of Vol. VII. of _Proceedings of the Society of
Antiquaries of Scotland_, First Series.)
[Illustration: PLATE VI.
SECTIONAL VIEW AND GROUND PLAN OF MOUND DWELLING, CALLED _BOTH
STACSEAL_, SITUATED MIDWAY BETWEEN STORNOWAY AND CARLOWAY, LEWIS,
HEBRIDES.
"A hole (_e_), called the Farlos, is left in the apex of the roof for
the escape of the smoke, and is closed with a turf or flat stone as
requisite."
_Height of Dome, 7 feet._
_a, b. Doorways._
_c. Fireplace._
_d. Row of stones for seats._
_e. Centre. (Distance from e to end of cells, 7 feet.)_
_f, g, h. Cells or bed-places._
_f is "2 feet wide and 15 inches high at the inner end; is 5 feet long
and 3 feet high at the mouth. The opposite cell (g) is of the same
dimensions. The third cell (h) is 4 feet wide at the mouth, 5 feet long,
decreasing to 2-1/2 feet wide at the head, where it is 16 inches high."_
The above is given by Captain Thomas as an example of such dwellings
"having oven-like bed-places around the internal area.
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