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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAVE or Subterraneous Building (Discovered Here) [Lintrose House] | Cave (Site of) Cave (Site of) Cave (Site of) |
Mungo Murry Lintrose William Adams, Joiner Alexander Robinson Joiner |
048 | [Situation] About 19 Chains NE [North East] of Lintrose House. This Cave was discovered about twelve years ago by Some Ploughmen whilst Plowing, It was then excavated by the Proprioter Mungo Murry Esqr. and found to be filled - with Vegetable mould and [Charcoal]. The entrance was from the South about large enough to admit a person in a creeping Position. It then gradually enlarged until it attained a height of seven feet at its fartherest extremity near the Centre was a large flat Stone used as a fire place |
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[Page] 34Parish of Kettins -- Sheet 48 No. 6 Trace 2 & 4
[Note]
A Cave or Weem about 50 feet in length was discovered
about three years ago on the highest part of a field east
of Lintrose. The breadth at the inner end was about
seven or eight feet and the height five feet: it gradually
narrowed to three feet at the entrance which winded half
round. The floor was paved, and the walls built with large
Stones, the upper Courses projecting inwards. These
Caves were used by the ancient inhabitants of the country
either as hiding holes as Chalmers thinks or as others suppose
as winter quarters. New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] of Forfarshire p. [page] 643-4
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