Download or read book The Early Races of Scotland and Their Monuments, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Forbes Leslie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-28 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Early Races of Scotland and Their Monuments, Vol. 2 The dolmen has awell-defined distinction from the kistvaen. In the doben the vertical supporters of the tabular stone are columnar, and the space beneath it is never entirely closed. In the kistvaen the vertical supports are slabs, as perfectly joined together as the rudeness of the materials will permit, thus forming, with the horizontal roof-stone, a stone chest, which is the signification of Kistvaen in. The Celtic languages. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.