caithness-1911/05_088

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INVENTORY OF MONUMENTS, ETC., IN COUNTY OF CAITHNESS. [Page] 23

PARISH OF DUNNET.

is the passage which has been opened out, leading to a chamber in
the centre. The outer portion of the passage as originally exposed
on excavation extended for a distance of some 14' beyond the present
entrance, passing directly inwards for over 9' or 10', thereafter
making a sharp turn to the left. Where now exposed it is built on
each side and roofed with flags. In height it measures 3' and in

[Drawing inserted]
FIG. 7. - Earth-house, Ham (No. 65); Ground-plan.

width 2', and appears to pass along the original ground level.
Curving slightly to the right it extends inwards for a distance of
13', increasing in height to 3' 10". In its course there are neither
door checks nor bar holes. The chamber, into the end of which
the passage opens, is oblong on plan and rounded at the back. It
measures 14' 9" in length, 4' 10" in width at the entrance of the
passage, and 5' 11" at its greatest width in the centre. The walls,
which are dry-built, slightly converge upwards and are roofed with