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the thickness of the latter is 1 ft [foot] 8 ins [inches]. The focus
which is regularly formed with a tranverse hollow
on either side measures 1 foot in diameter.
The altar bears no inscription but on one
face is an incised figure with three tongues
somewhat resembling a bench mark beneath
what appears to be the letters L L placed
back to back and separated by a
square compartment containing a cross.
The farmer declared that an excavation to
a depth of six feet had failed to reveal the
base of the stone and that a pair of horses
had been unable to displace it.

Westhills moss
On the North side of the moss rises a grassy
hillock to a height of 8 to 10 feet marked on
the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] map as a fort. There are no
remains of fortifications around it
but at the North West end there lies across
it a trench some 184 ft. [feet] in length, 30 feet
in width and 6 feet in depth, not carried
forward to the edge of the hillock on either
side.

[Margin] (Omit)
In the garden of the farm house are
two circular stone basins with diameters respectively of
1 ft. [foot] 9 ins [inches] and 2 ft. [feet] 2 ins [inches] each having a
conical boss in the centre. The depth

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