A structure of prehistoric times, examples of which are numerous in the Orkney and Shetland Isles, and adjacent mainland of Scotland, being a sort…

An ancient lake-dwelling in Scotland or Ireland.

a building erected on piles, esp. in certain prehistoric societies.

Archaeology. A prehistoric structure of piles in a lake or swamp.

a prehistoric habitation supported on fascines, built over a shallow lake or on marshland; cf. pile-dwelling n. at pile, n.1 compounds 4.

one built upon piles driven into the bed of a lake.

Esp. in Switzerland and northern Italy: a prehistoric hut or settlement built on stakes driven into the bed of a lake; a lake village.

An ammoniacal earth found in the valley of the Po, in Italy, and collected as a fertilizer; it occurs in flat mounds, identified as the sites of…

Archaeology. A type of circular building typical of north-western Europe (esp. the British Isles) during the Bronze and Iron Ages.

a prehistoric dwelling in the form of a mound.

In Caithness, an Iron-age galleried structure set partly below ground-level (see quot. 1963).

= wheelhouse, n. 3.

Archaeology. A circular stone dwelling of the late Iron Age of a type widespread in northern and western Scotland, having partition walls radiating…