BEEHIVE HOUSES

BEEHIVE HOUSES
   small stone structures, of ancient date, remains of which are found (sometimes in clusters) in Ireland and the W. of Scotland, with a conical roof formed of stones overlapping one another, undressed and without mortar; some of them appear to have been monks' cells.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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