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while that opposite stands to a height of 2'.8".
At 4'.8" in rear of them are another similar
pair 2'.4" apart aparently marking the entrance
to an inner chamber the sides & back of which
have been removed. At 10' inwards from
what appears to have been the outer edge of
the cairn on the W. [West] stands a large slab some
3'.2" in breadth, and 2' in height, set at right angles
to the direction of the passage. To the E [East] or rear of
it 11'.6" a pair of slabs protrude from the ruins.
2'.8" apart and directly in rear of them a
large slab 5' in breadth is visible for a height
of some 14" and marks the back of this chamber.
The side walls are not now visible.

Fortified enclosure Langwell (51.2)
On the top of the S. [South] bank of the Langwell
Water some 260 yds. [yards] to the SSE [South South East] of the road bridge below
Cnoc Bad Fasgaidh and about 100 yds. [yards]
below the moor road is a circular enclosure
whose walls have evidently been spoiled
to build an adjacent cottage and fold
now in ruins. The interior, which is
slightly below the surrounding level,
measures 32' in diameter. The wall
which appears to have been faced on
either side with large stones is about
11' in thickness, some 4' in elevation above

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