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2' wide leads into an earth house built up on each
side and covered with flags. At the entrance
it is about 3' high. The floor which has not been
cleared of fallen stones slopes downward for
the first 10' or 12'. At 3'.6" from outside it is
2'.4" high: at 13' - 3' high. At 18' inwards it is
3' in width, 4'.6" in height and curves sharply round
to the right increasing beyond the bend to 4' in
width, which width is maintained till at the
back of the passage 31'.6" from the entrance
it contracts to 2'.10". The back is rounded.
The thickness of the bank over the passage
is about 22' and beyond it on the N & E [North & East]
about 7'. At the back of the passage a small
opening has been cleared in the roof. This is
probably the trap mentioned in Pro. S. of A.S. Scot. [Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland]
V. [5] 246 or VII. [7] 24.
Some 40 yds [yards] E. [East] is a hut circle of simple
type rather obliterated with entrance from SE. [South East].

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 20.

There are a great many small cairns to
the South the nearest of which is about 50
yds. [yards] from the main circle. Most of the
cairns are small except towards the S. [South]
of the group where some are rather larger.
One of these measures 21' in diameter & is
2' - 3' high. In one cairn near is an upright

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