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which have formed parts of the chamber of
a cairn. The chamber has been entered
from the S. [South] and appears to have been
bipartite. Two large slabs two feet apart
mark the entrance to
the outer compartment while some 5' in
rear of them another pair have formed
the portals at the entrance to the inner com:
:partment. A single slab at the back indicates
the length of the inner compartment as some
7' and one slab on the W. [West] side signifies
that the width was about 8'. The
cairn except for these slabs has been
entirely removed and much of it lies
heaped up outside the field.

?Cairn. unnoted.
Some 130 yds. [yards] NW. [North West] of the last is a stony
mound which may be a cairn but
which I think is natural from the
overgrowth of peat on it. It lies
NE and SW. [North East and South West] and measures some 50' x 36'
and has an elevation of about 6'. Near the
NE [North East] end stands a single large slab set on
end which looks as if it formed part
of a chamber. Before observing the
two last objects I had sent the boy
home taking with him the tape line

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