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" The contents were accordingly such as might have been naturally expected in such a gloomy mansion. None of those things which have been discovered in similar places were found here ; but the earth at the bottom of the cells, as deep as it could be dug,... "
The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the ... - Page 75
by Robert Forsyth - 1808 - 547 pages
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The Annual Review and History of Literature, Volume 4

1806 - 924 pages
...ot the cells, as deep as it could,be dug, ^as ol a dark colou:, of a ¡>;easy J¥lid.V,dour, mingled with bones, some of which were almost entirely consumed ; and others had, IE defiance of time, remained so entire, as to shew that they were the bones of men, of birds, and...
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Miscellanea Scotica: I. Maule's (of Melgum) History of the Picts; with Sir ...

1818 - 478 pages
...here; but the earth at the bottom of the cells, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...were the bones of men, of birds, and of some domestic animal. But though many of them had nearly mouldered into dust, they exhibited no marks of having been...
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Miscellanea Scotica: I. Maule's (of Melgum) History of the Picts; with Sir ...

1818 - 132 pages
...here; but the earth at the bottom of the cells, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...were the bones of men, of birds, and of some domestic animal. But though many of them had nearly mouldered into dust, they exhibited no marks of having been...
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The natural and artificial wonders of the United Kingdom, by J ..., Volume 3

sir Richard Phillips - 1825 - 408 pages
...found in it were earth at the bottom, "which, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...had, in defiance of time, remained so entire, as to shew, that they were the bones of men, birds, and of some domestic animals. They exhibited no marks...
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The Scotsman's Library: Being a Collection of Anecdotes and Facts ...

James Mitchell - 1825 - 798 pages
...contents found in it were earth at the bottom, which, as deep as it could be dug,wasof a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...had, in defiance of time, remained so entire, as to shew, that they were the bones of men, birds, and of some domestic animals. They exhibited no marks...
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Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Volume 34

1851 - 580 pages
...light ; the earth at the bottom of the cells, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...in defiance of time, remained so entire as to show they were the bones of men, of birds, and of ?ome domestic animals. But, though many of them had nearly...
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The Celtic Druids

Godfrey Higgins - 2007 - 533 pages
...were almost entirely consumed ; and others had, in defiance of time, remained so entire as to shew that they were the bones of men, of birds, and of...exhibited no marks of having been burnt } nor were ashes of any kind to be seen within any part of the building. In one of the apartments, an entire human...
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The Celtic Druids

Godfrey Higgins - 2007 - 533 pages
...here : but the earth at the bottom of the cells, as deep as it could be dug, was of a dark colour, of a greasy feel, and of a fetid odour, plentifully intermingled...had, in defiance of time, remained so entire as to shew that they were the bones of men, of birds, and of some domestic animals. But though many of them...
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