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the small cairns again appear and continue
down the strath for a long distance.
2nd Sept. [September] Train to Kinbrace with J. [Jocelyn] as usual 1 hour

[Sketch inserted]

late. Bicycled
to hut circle near
Burnfoot. It is
situated about
40' E [East] of the road
some 50 yds [yards]
S. [South] of the cultiv:
:ated land at
Burnfoot. The
main enclosure
is oval measuring about 30' x 35' with entrance
from SE [South East] through a passage 15' long and about
2'.6" wide at interior end and 4' at exterior. The bank
on either side of the entrance is carried forward
for about 7' parallel with the passage and about
5' thick. The breadth of the bank on the E [East] side
is about 11' and has had much stone in its
composition. To the W [West] the bank is about 9' in
thickness for the first 19' from the end of the
entrance on the interior whence it expands
rapidly to a width of 24' decreasing
again to 8' at the NW [North West] opposite the entrance
This thick bank has been much broken

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Alison James- Moderator, Jane F Jamieson