title: Scotland, archaeology and early history (Ancient peoples and places)
author:  J. N. G Ritchie 
description: Scotland is unusually rich in field monuments and objects surviving from early times. This comprehensive survey of Scotland's prehistoric and early historic archaeology covers the full chronological range from the earliest inhabitants to the union of the Picts and Scots in AD 843. Fully illustrated throughout, this book will help both students and visitors to monuments to understand the lifestyles of Scotland's early societies.
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  # SHENAC'S WORK AT HOME
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### MARGARET MURRAY ROBERTSON
  
  
  This page copyright © 2003 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  CHAPTER ONE.
  
  
  CHAPTER TWO.
  
  
  CHAPTER THREE.
  
  
  CHAPTER FOUR.
  
  
  CHAPTER FIVE.
  
  
  CHAPTER SIX.
  
  
  CHAPTER SEVEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER EIGHT.
  
  
  CHAPTER NINE.
  
  
  CHAPTER TEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER ELEVEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER TWELVE.
  
  
  CHAPTER THIRTEEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER FOURTEEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER FIFTEEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER SIXTEEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER SEVENTEEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER EIGHTEEN.
  
  
  CHAPTER NINETEEN.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  Etext from Athelstane.co.uk
  
  
  SHENAC'S WORK AT HOME FIRST PUBLISHED 1868
  
  
  BY MARGARET MURRAY ROBERTSON BORN 1821 OR 1823, DIED 1897
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### CHAPTER ONE.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  A long time ago, something very sad happened in one of the districts
  
  
  of Scotland. I cannot tell you how it all came about, but a great many
  
  
  people were obliged to leave their homes where they and their
  
  
  forefathers had lived for many generations. A few scattered themselves
  
  
  through other parts of