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than usual. One at the N. [North] end measures 34' x 22'
lies NNW and SSE [North North West and South South East] and is about 3'-4' high. Another
some 50' W. [West] of it is nearly circular with a
diameter of some 26' and as nearly 5' high.
Near the S. [South] end of the group is a large hut
[Margin] Unnoted.
circle overgrown with deep heather and of
rather complex plan.
[Sketch inserted] (not fully to scale)
It is formed of a single
circle measuring about
19' x 26' with three smaller
circles abutting on it and
a smaller circular enclosure
in the interior. The deep heather made an
accurate survey impossible. The above sketch
is approximately correct. The position and details
of the entrance were unascertainable.
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 1
About 1/2 m. [mile] E. [East] of the stone circle, about 1 1/2 m. [miles]
WNW. [West North West] of Dalreavoch Lodge and about 300' above
the Brora is a group of cairns much larger
and more prominent than usual. One near
the N [North] end measures 28' to 30' in diameter and
is about 3'6" high. Another lying near measures
26' in diameter and is from 3' to 4' in height
Several others are about the same dimensions &
a number are less. None of them seem to have
been opened. They are overgrown with heather
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