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XX. Description of the Dune of Dornadilla. By the Reverend Mr. Alexander Pope, Minister of Reay. In a Letter, to Mr. George Paton, of Edinburgh. Communicated by Mr. Gough

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

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The Dune, or Tower, of Dornadilla [a], in the parish of Diurnes, on Lord Reay's estate, is situate in a place called Strathmore, on the East side of the river that runs through Strath, on a sloping ground; so that it seems the foundation gave way on that side towards the river, being on a declivity. It stands seven miles from the ocean, or rather ten miles, and from the building to the sea, is a ridge of hills, rising higher and higher till they terminate in the sea, and they are all forest ground, called Bin-hope. There are on the hill near it, several hollows, or pits, which were quarries of old; but fanciful people would make them places where men and dogs lodged in the hunting season.

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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1779

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page 216 note [a] See Plate XVIII.

page 219 note [b] Mr. Pennant engraved views and sections of these buildings Pl. 46 and 47. additions to his 2d tour in Scotland.

page 220 note [c] See Bishop Stillingfleet's Orig. Brit. p. ii. of his preface.

page 220 note [d] See Bishop Stillingfleet, ubi sup.

page 221 note [e] Meira, or, Min-ra.

page 223 note [f] Voyage to the Hebrides, p 337–340.