Dwarfie Stone, a remarkable block of sandstone in Hoy island, Orkney, 2 miles SE of the summit of Wart Hill. It is 18 feet long, 14 broad, and from 2 to 6 high; and has been hollowed out into three chambers. Whether a Troll's abode, according to the island folklore, or a Christian hermitage, according to the antiquaries, it is woven, in Scott's Pirate, into the story of ' Norna of the Fitful Head.'
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