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Stone Circle Holm of Daltallochan
In a low lying meadow some [--] yds [yards] W. [West] by
N. [North] of Holm of Daltallochan farm around a
slight elevation which lies at the base of a
steep hillock is a stone circle consisting
of thirteen irregularly shaped pieces of whin:
:stone rock & boulders of varying size, as exposed from 2' to 7'.3" in length. They
are nearly all displaced (except one large mass
which stands somewhat to the E [East] of the N. [North] point)
and lying prostrate, several of them to a
considerable extent overgrown with turf.
In form the sitting is an irregular oval
with its longest axis NNE [North North East] to
SSW. [South South West] and narrowing towards the latter
direction where also the outline is slightly
concave as if some of the stones had been
displaced. The greatest diameter within
the stones is 81' and at right angles to that
59'.
Close to a field dyke in the same park as
the stone circle at a distance of about 110 yds [yards] to
the SE [South East] is a small standing stone. It
measures 3'.10" in height above ground
almost rectangular in section measuring
2' by 1'.5" and faces directly towards the
circle.

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