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it was originally divided into two parts, but the one has later been used 

 as temporary meat-store (636). The long axis of the ruin lay N. E. — 

 S. W. The south-west part, the shelter, was almost square on 

 the ground, Г20М. long and broad, with rounded corners. The 

 doorway faced the south and was 030 M. broad. The walls were 

 formed of large stones, among which ordinary stones had been 

 shoved in to tighten the whole. The height was from 050 to 0-75 M. 

 The floorplace was covered over with sand and under the sand I 

 found a fire-place (637). The north-east part was oval, 120 M. 

 long and 60 M. broad. The doorway looked towards the S. E. and 

 was 0-25 M. broad. Apart from the wall common with the shelter 

 (635), large and ordinary stones had been used. An empty, tem- 

 porary meat-store (636) was now found in this part, very much 

 overgrown with grass and moss. The covering stones were small 

 and round. In the meat-store underneath a broken implement of 

 bone was found. (Fjord seal, musk-ox). 



The above-described shelter was so high, that it might well 

 have been used as a tent, with skins to cover 'ü\ 



A row of 4 flat stones (638), 140 M. long, was found 1 meter 

 north of tent-ring 601. The stone at the one end was 038 M. broad, 

 that at the other end only 012 M. broad. Every second stone lay 

 flat on the ground, whilst the 2 others were supported under the 

 one edge by a rounded stone 008 M. high, so that their surface 

 was on the slope. 



Close to the back wall of the same tent-ring some flat stones 

 had been placed together to form a figure (639); probably by children 

 (fig. 13). 



Details regarding the permanent meat-depots: 



Details regarding the temporary meat stores, with exception of 

 the one already described (636): 



• 1 Cf. Mylius-Erichsen og Moltke : p. 544. 



