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also, has been removed. They have been con:
:structed on the same principal but not on
the same plan. The upper of the two measures
86' in greatest length by 46' in breadth and appears
to have been oval or pear shaped with a
gallery along the NW. [North West] a small part of which
remains standing.
The second ruin lies some 40 S by E [South by East] of the other
and has apparently been on a different plan.
At the upper end is a circular enclosure with
an interior diameter of 21'. The pillar stones
some 3' in from the inner face remain in
situ but the covering slabs have mostly
been removed. Projecting from the side of
the circle towards the ESE. [East South East] for a distance
of some 54' - of which the interior measures 48'
& the wall 6' - is an oblong structure. Parallel
with the N. [North] wall of this and 4' within it, is
another wall some 3'.6" in thickness between
which and the wall on the S. [South] runs a
gallery some 12' wide. The double row of
pillar stones along either side of this gallery
still remain in situ but the flags which
rested on them lie dislodged. Both
ruins are in a very confused state and
the plan impossible to expiscate without
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