The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 89
of the plan. In1823 it was inhabited by four families, and the present tenant(1860) of Aird-Bheag, an old man, lived in it when a boy foreight successive summers.1 Again, there are sometimes two doorways. It is thoughtthat this is a late feature, and that its object was to make the fire draw, by… … Fig. 43.—Plan of Beehive House onwest side of Loch an Ath Ruadh. (ByCaptain Thomas.) Several of the beehive-houses which are now in ruinshave a sleeping-place in the thickness of the wall. I have already alluded to this asan occasional feature ofsome of the older blackhouses which are still…
Archaeology · Civilization
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