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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… has also a portion of the Dick bequest. There are several cairns in the parish, two of which, of large dimensions, have … any events of historical importance; but there are many cairns remaining, the ancient and ordinary memorials of … In the Lammermoor district are several heaps of stones, or cairns, the evidences of ancient conflicts; and on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… twelve children. The principal remains of antiquity are, cairns; the foundations of a Druidical temple, on the top of … is annually divided among the poor. There are several cairns in the parish, in the removal of some of which, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… fees; and a savings' bank, instituted in 1823. Numerous cairns remain in the parish, in which human teeth and bones …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… are ill-defined and fragmentary. ConditionBad. a(18). Cairns, immediately to the W. of (17), are three in number. ( …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… natives, and interred on the spot. There are also numerous cairns and barrows. Kirk-Malew parish, including Castletown, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… of field-walls and a number of stone mounds which may be cairns. ConditionBad, except one enclosure. …