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defensive construction with an interior dia:
:meter of from 112' to 117' as far as it is possible
to ascertain it. It is formed by a low mound
of earth & stone
rising, where remaining, about 1' above the interior
some 3' - 3'.6" above the ground level on the outside
and 7' in thickness.

11 Augt. 1911
Still glorious weather. Quite the most
remarkable summer on record. Taking
advantage of the fine weather I made out my
expedition to the Carlin's Cairn. A lone
hill top bearing a cairn on its summit
2650' above sea level and situated in the
heart of the Kells Range. I took the car
several miles beyond Dalry, along a side
road up the valley of the Polharrow burn to a
lonely shepherd's house called Burnhead where
cultivation ceased and the silence of the hills
began. The track I laid out on the map took
me over a grassy hill side and across a
brawling burn flowing from the little Loch
Minnoch which I passed on the right, thence
up a long valley on the opposite side of which rose
the rugged face of Millfire (2350') seamed
with dark gullies down which the torrents must
pour in spate to Loch Dungeon lying at its
foot. The valley or glen was confined within a

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