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In the interior the rock has been cut out so as to form benches
and seats and the walls bear marks of tools
over a great part of their surface. It was excavated
by Dr. [Doctor] Joass and half of an amber bead found.
Some 40 yds [yards] S [South] along the cliff at the same level is another
cave of smaller dimensions & less accessible.
In a cleared portion of Uppat Wood about 100 yds [yards]
WNW. [West North West] of the Monument are the ruins of a
building marked "Brough" on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] map.
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 20.
See fig [figure] above
In form the building is curved like a capital
letter J measuring about 54' in length by 15' in
breadth with a circular annex of some
19' diameter at the foot on left of the entrance.
The structure lies ESE and WNW. [East South East and West North West] and the entrance
is from the former direction through a passage
14' in length and 3'6" wide. The walls of the
building which have been of massive stones are
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