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XXVIII.— Scotch Kjokkenmobdings. 
The Bey. G. Gordon lias published a very interesting account of 
some Kjokkenmoddings on the Elginshire coast, which appear to 
agree yery closely with those found in Denmark. “ By far the most 
“ striking,” he says, “ if not the most ancient example of the Kjok- 
“ kenmoddings we have in our yicinity, is that one which lies within 
“ a small wood on the old margin of the Loch of Spynie, and on a 
“ sort of promontory formed of those raised shingle beaches, so 
“ well developed in that quarter. This mound, or rather these 
“two mounds (for there is an intervening portion of the 
“ ground that has no shells), must have been of considerable 
“ extent. A rough measurement gives eighty by thirty yards 
“ for the larger, and twenty-six by thirty for the smaller por- 
“ tion. The most abundant shell is the periwinkle.Xext in 
“ order as to frequency, is the oyster .... which .... as well as 
“ those who had it as a large item in their bill of fare, has passed 
“ away from our coasts. Save in some of the nooks of our Eirth, as 
“ at Cromarty, Altirlie, and Avoch, we know not where a small dish 
“ of them could be procured.As third in order, in this mound, 
“ is the mussel, and then the cockle. Each of these species, how- 
“ ever, bears but a small proportion to either of the former two.” 
Mr. Gordon informs us, by letter, that similar refuse-heaps are 
being found all around the shores of the Moray Eirth; but it ap¬ 
pears that the farmers are gradually carting them away, to serve as 
manure or topdressings. It is, therefore, much to be hoped that 
the Scotch antiquaries will lose no time in examining those that still 
remain. 
J. L. 
