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    The heel-shaped cairn, with its usually cruciform chamber, is a type of megalithic monument that is found in Scotland, especially in Caithness and Sutherland...
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    tomb, a type of chambered long barrow found in England and Wales Heel-shaped cairn Noble (2006) p. 15 Barclay (2005) pp. 41, 46 Barclay, Gordon "The...
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  • nearby Neolithic heel-shaped cairn. The cairn (at 60°25′25″N 1°24′45″W / 60.42375°N 1.41240°W / 60.42375; -1.41240 (Punds Water (cairn))) is composed...
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    enclosed the cairn. The first cairn may have had a D-shaped or heel-shaped platform already, but after probably only a short time, a heel-shaped cairn was built...
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    is known for its well-preserved chambered cairn. The well-preserved remains of a Neolithic heel-shaped cairn about 10 metres (33 feet) in diameter and...
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    from a 'heel shaped' cavity in the bedrock. A drystone dyke forms the boundary with the footpath and this carries a plaque that reads Wallace's Heel. In 2017...
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    Barrow Clava cairn Entrance grave Scilly Isles and Ireland Heel-shaped cairn Medway tomb Passage tomb Portal tomb Quoit Ring cairn Tor cairn Non-megalithic...
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    "Wedge Grave or Cairn?". Department for Communities. Northern Ireland Sites & Monuments Record. p. LDY-023:039. Retrieved 26 Jun 2023. "Cairn". Department...
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    needed alongside the Heel Stone after a cable-laying ditch was mistakenly dug on the roadside, revealing a new stone hole next to the Heel Stone. In the early...
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    for example, there are the well-preserved remains of a Neolithic heel-shaped cairn about 10 metres (33 ft) in diameter and rising to over 1.5 metres...
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    Poltalloch Terrier but did not want to be known as such. A cousin of the Cairn Terrier, other related breeds included the Roseneath Terrier (bred by George...
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  • OS (NKB) on 30 May 1968. The large cairn has a paved chamber and passage. The chamber is small and is heel-shaped; it is different in layout from three...
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    archaeology, a racloir, also known as racloirs sur talon (French for scraper on heel), is a certain type of flint tool made by prehistoric peoples. It is a type...
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    terrier that originated in Scotland, the other four being the modern Skye, Cairn, Dandie Dinmont, and West Highland White terriers. They are an independent...
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    Dartmoor kistvaens Clava cairn Court cairn Cremation Dolmen Great dolmen Funeral pyre Gallery grave transepted wedge-shaped Grave goods Jar burial Long...
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    is made from stone, usually flint or chert that has been "reduced" and shaped from a larger piece by knapping, or hitting against another stone. They...
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    archaeological artifact from Bronze Age Europe. So far, four such objects ("cone-shaped gold hats of the Schifferstadt type") are known. The objects are made of...
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    conglomerate boulder on top of the cairn. If taken away, the boulder always mysteriously returns to its position on the cairn. Cafal or Cabal also appears in...
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    family pet. Greyhounds are defined as a tall, muscular, smooth-coated, "S-shaped" type of sighthound with a long tail and tough feet. Greyhounds are a separate...
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    technique (which implies that it is not possible to conserve the remains of the heel or the conchoidal flakes from the blank). The pieces were then finished by...
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    during various phases right up until Viking times. Heel-shaped cairns, are a style of chambered cairn unique to Shetland, with a particularly large example...
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    in Denmark and the United States. Platelets, or thrombocytes, are disk-shaped blood elements that aid in blood clotting. Excessively low numbers are the...
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    extended trot of a horse. The English Toy Terrier (Black & Tan) has almond-shaped eyes and 'candle-flame' ears. The English Toy Terrier (ETT) (Black & Tan)...
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    Terrier with floppy ears According to the standard, the ears must be small, V-shaped, carried erect and set not too far apart. If this is not the case, the dog...
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    Bull Terrier's most recognizable feature is its head, described as 'egg-shaped', when viewed from the front; the top of the skull and face is almost flat...
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    dogs. The results of that paper indicate that dog behaviour is primarily "shaped by their environment, not their breed". In 2018, People for the Ethical...
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    a full body. Like the Bull Terrier, they have a head described as "egg-shaped". It is flat on top with a Roman nose. The eyes are triangular and closely...
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    straight teeth. The eyes are almond shaped and dark coloured and should be full of life and intelligence. Small V-shaped ears of moderate thickness are carried...
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    broad muzzle, yet slightly narrower than the Welsh Terrier, with small, V-shaped ears. The Lakeland breed has a thick bushy wiry outer coat and a soft undercoat...
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    have a broad skull and moderately short muzzle, and strong teeth. The V-shaped ears are on the sides of the head and fall towards the cheeks. Common coat...
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