The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 108
Fig. 51.—Ground-plan of chambered round Cairn at Canister, Caithness,75 feet in diameter. that we shall soon have additional instances of the circularchambered cairn, as it is now known that cairns, when ex-amined, should not be thoughtlessly torn to pieces or levelled,on the supposition that they… … Fig. 52.—Cairn at Clava, Inverness-shire, from a drawing by the Rev. Dr. Joass.(Proc. of Soc. of Antlq. of Scot., vol. xii. p. 348.) The circular cairn near Corriemony, in Glen Urquhart,which has not yet been fully explored, shows a definite plan,being bounded by twocircles of earth-fast stones.A…
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