e._, Houseness). The site of the bo'h is called Meall na [h-]
Uamh, or Cave Lump [more correctly, the Mound of the Cave, or
'Weem.'] It consists of a partly excavated oval dwelling chamber
(_a_), 7 feet by 14 feet on the floor; the dome roof has fallen in;
there are two _cuiltean_, or niches in the wall. A low curved
subterranean passage (_b_), about 2-1/2 feet square and 20 feet in
length, leads into an elongated bee-hive chamber (_c_), 13 feet by 5
feet, and 6-3/4 feet high; from thence an entrance (_d_), 2 feet by
2 feet, admits to a small circular chamber or cell (_e_), 5 feet in
diameter and 5 feet high. The main passage inclines downwards, so
that the floor of the second chamber (_c_) is nearly 3 feet lower
than that of the first (_a_); and that of the inner one (_e_) a foot
below the second (_c_)."
[Illustration: PLATE XI.
GROUND PLAN OF _BOTH_ AND UNDERGROUND GALLERY, OR _TIGH LAIR_, NEAR MOL
A DEAS, HUISHNISH, ISLAND OF SOUTH UIST.]
[Illustration: PLATE XII.
RESTORED ELEVATION OF ANCIENT BOTH AND SECTION OF HYPOGEUM OR TIGH LAIR,
ON THE LINE a, k, NEAR MOL A DEAS, HUISHNISH, SOUTH UIST.
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