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with some 3 inches of clean river gravel on
which lay the remains of an unburnt interment.
No trace of pottery, flint, or metal was found.
Some 180 yards South West of the last
mentioned cairn on slightly rising ground
is a large circular cairn measuring 66 feet
in diameter and from 5 to 7 feet in height.
It had been pillaged to some extent on
the south side and several cartloads of
stones have been removed from the top
but the interment is probably still undisturbed.
Cairn Polgill
In cultivated land some 300 yds. [yards] South
by East of the East lodge of Robgill stands
a cairn overgrown with grass and
surmounted with trees having a diameter
of 90 feet and elevation of 12 feet. A
small amount of stone has been removed
at some distant date from the side
but it appears to be unexcavated.
2nd Oct. [October] 1912
Built into an old summer house about
100 yds [yards] to the West of Knockhill house are
a number of sculptured fragments and
two inscribed Roman tablets. The fragments
have evidently formed part of a large
medieval cross decorated with panels
and medalions containing sacred representations
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