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Parish of Auchindoir & Kearn
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"or summer habitations of the natives, composed of turf or branches of trees, as well as a proper situation
for their Cattle in winter, when they were obliged to have recourse to their underground retreats, where all their
more valuable effects were deposited. No article of furniture, no utensils or instruments, either of stone or
(to this) metal, have, however been found in these buildings, in so far as can be learned, but only a quantity
of wood, ashes, and charcoal, chiefly at the farther end, where there sometimes appears a small aperture i
n the top as an outlet for the smoke." (Antiquarian Essays by Professor Stuart. P. 66 - 7)