The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 107
nd extreme breadth nearly the same.—Proc. of Soc. of Antiq. of Scot, vol. vii. p. 488. The simple circular chambered cairn is more widely dis-tributed, but not less interesting and scarcely less definite inits structural features. A section and ground-plan of one ofthese are given in Figs. 50 and… … Fig. 50.—Section of the chambered round Cairn at Canister, Caithness,showing passage 20 feet long and chamber 10 feet high. From a plan by Mr.Anderson. (See Proc. of Soc. of Aniiq. of Scot., vol. vii. pp. 495-6.) Clava in Inverness-shire, which are represented in Fig. 52,furnish another example.…
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