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S. [South] side of the fell where the slope becomes more
gradual and the surface less broken by outcropping
rocks than elsewhere small circular hut ruins
and cairn-like mounds of small diameter
occur in great numbers. On a natural
terrace some 50' or thereby above the flow
are two circular enclosures lying E. [East] and
W. [West] of each other and some 70' apart. The
Eastmost measures 30' in dia. [diameter] and that towards
the W. [West] 24' while the wall in each case has
been 5' in thickness. The position of
the entrance is doubtful but seems to have
been from the SE. [South East]. These circles have been
connected by a wall running from the
back or N. [North] of the Westmost round to the E. [East] side
of the other in an irregular curve thus forming
an enclosure some 215' in length by about
75' in breadth. The enclosing wall measures
from 5' to 7' in thickness and is much ruined.
From the NE. [North East] angle it is continued beyond
the enclosure for a distance of 60' where it
suddenly terminates. This system of linked
enclosures was observed also in Sutherlandshire
and was evidently connected with a
pastoral life but probably not pre-historic.

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