^'S account of antiquities in Scotland. Feb,2'2. 



The names in this case will be of some use to pre. 

 vent mistakes, as every building of this kind seems 

 to have been distinguifhed by the syllable dun pre- 

 fixed to the word ; so that whenever this is found to 

 be the case, there is reason to suspect at least that it 

 is not a cairn, 



Dr Johnson, in his late tour to the Hebrides, was 

 carried to see one of these buildings in the isle of Sky» 

 which he seems to have surveyed rather in an hasty 

 manner. He conjectures, that these structures liav.e 

 been erected by the inhabitants, as places of security 

 for their cattle, in case of a sudden inroad from'their 

 neighbours. A thousand circumstances, liad he be- 

 stowed much attention upon the subject, might have 

 pointed out to him the improbability of this conjec- 

 ture. We fliall soon see that the iilhabitanta knew 

 iBuch better ir what manner to secure themselves or 

 cattle from danger than they would have been here. 



I have annexed an elevation of the building Dun- 

 yfggiesag, by the help of which you will be able 

 to form an idea of other buildings of this kind. 



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;irL£VATiON of the Building at DuN-AGCtsrsAG zn Ros^hire. 



