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<p> Known also as Yird Houses, Weems and Picts' Houses, underground dwellings in use in Scotland, extant even after the | Earth Houses <ref name="term_72573" /> | ||
==References == | <p> 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 12 ft. to the floor of the house; the inside was oval in shape, and was walled with overlapping rough stone slabs; the roof frequently reached to within a foot of the earth's surface; they probably served as store-houses, winter-quarters, and as places of refuge in times of war. [[Similar]] dwellings are found in Ireland. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_72573"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/earth+houses Earth Houses from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72573"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/earth+houses Earth Houses from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:17, 15 October 2021
Earth Houses [1]
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 12 ft. to the floor of the house; the inside was oval in shape, and was walled with overlapping rough stone slabs; the roof frequently reached to within a foot of the earth's surface; they probably served as store-houses, winter-quarters, and as places of refuge in times of war. Similar dwellings are found in Ireland.
