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Parish of Auchindoir & Kearn
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"ing grounds, so that they are most frequently discovered by the plough striking against some of the large stones which
form the roof. The only opening to these appears to have been between two large stones, placed in a sloping direction
at one end, and about eighteen inches asunder, rising perhaps only a few inches above the plain, so as to
be scarcely perceptible. Through this narrow opening like the entrance to the cave of Trophonius, one must slide
down in an oblique direction to the depth of five or six feet, when he comes into a large baulk, which is generally
about that height, upwards of thirty feet long, and from eight to nine feet wide. Such, at least, are the
dimensions of those that have been as yet discovered, and fresh ones are discovered very frequently, - the whole
number already opened up being not less than forty or fifty. The floor is smooth, as if of clay, and the sides
are built of rude uncut Stones, without any cement, but so firmly and closely wedged together, that the
smallest of these cannot be moved from its place by the strength of the hand. The walls also form a sort of curve
bending inwards, so as to approach very nearly to a complete arch, when over the two opposing walls are laid very
large Stones, of five or six feet long, by way of roof, some of them being above a ton weight. The whole then is covered
over with a few inches of earth, and all so much on a level with the ground, as to be quite invisible to
any person walking over them. There is however, one curious circumstance, by which the writer of this
account detected many of them. This is a small fold or inclosure of a square form, about ten or fifteen
paces each way, dug a foot or two deep, with the earth thrown outwards, which is uniformly found in
a certain direction, and almost adjoining to each separate cavern. Here had probably been the Auguria!" or
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