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Picts' houses
1> _ист. подземные сооружения в Оркнее, жилища пиктов
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picts houses
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PICTS' HOUSES — the name popularly given to EARTH HOUSES (q.v.) in several parts of Scotland … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
EARTH HOUSES — known also as Yird Houses, Weems and Picts Houses, underground dwellings in use in Scotland, extant even after the Roman evacuation of Britain. Entrance was effected by a passage not much wider than a fox burrow, which sloped downwards 10 or… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Prehistoric Orkney — refers to a period in the human occupation of the Orkney archipelago of Scotland that was the latter part of these islands prehistory. The period of prehistory prior to occupation by the genus Homo is part of the geology of Scotland. Although… … Wikipedia
Pict — /pikt/, n. a member of an ancient people of uncertain origin who inhabited parts of northern Britain, fought against the Romans, and in the 9th century A.D. united with the Scots. [bef. 900; back formation from ME Pictes (pl.) < L Picti lit.,… … Universalium
Orkney Islands — ORKNEY ISLANDS, a group forming, with that of Shetland, a maritime county, in the northern extremity of Scotland; and bounded on the north by the waters which divide Orkney from Shetland; on the east by the North Sea; on the south by the… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Orcadas prehistóricas — Skara Brae, en las Orcadas, es la población neolítica europea mejor conservada del norte de Europa, encontrada hasta … Wikipedia Español
Dugout (shelter) — Dugout home near Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. A dugout or dug out, also known as a pithouse, pit house, earth lodge, mud hut, is a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground. These… … Wikipedia
Deer, Old — DEER, OLD, a parish, 10 miles (W.) from Peterhead, partly in the district of Deer, county of Aberdeen, including the villages of Stuartfield and Old Deer; and partly in the county of Banff, including the village of Fetterangus; the whole… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Westry — WESTRAY, a parish, in the county of Orkney, 19 miles (N.) from Kirkwall; containing 1791 inhabitants. This parish, which includes the islands of Westray and Papa Westray, is supposed to have derived its name from its relative position with… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Durness — DURNESS, a parish, in the county of Sutherland, 20 miles (N. W. by W.) from Tongue, and 76 (N. W.) from Golspie, containing 1109 inhabitants. This parish, of which the name is of doubtful origin, anciently comprised the whole of the lands… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Piktenhäuser — (Picts houses), kegelstumpfförmige Rundtürme von 3–5 m Höhe, die in vorgeschichtlicher Zeit, wie die in ihnen gefundenen Reste von Geräten, Knochen und Scherben dartun, auf den Orkney und Shetlandinseln den Menschen zur Wohnung dienten. Den… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
