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| Green Cairn continued | [continued from page 60] with "dry stones without any lime, or mortar, and without the least mark of any tool, and under the foundation are found ashes of BurntWood. The space betwixt the outer, and inner, rampart measures 93 feet 9 inches. The inner wall is 30 feet thick, and has all undergone the operation of vitrification. The area within this is 140 feet long, 67 feet 6 inches broad at the East End, and 52 feet 6 inches broad at the West End. The elevation on the north side is about 40 feet, and full 60 feet on the South Side where it is all wet mossy ground, He calls it the Green Cairn at Balbegno." (Chalmer's Caledonia) "It is on the Estate of Balbegno and tradition calls it Finella's Castle, and the people believe it to have been, her residence: after the murder of King Kenneth his attendants set fire to the Building and reduced it to ashes." Old Stat. Act. [Statistical Account] Vol. [Volume] 5. Page 334 This "Cairn" is well known by the name given, The Stones mentioned above have all been taken away from the place for building, and other purposes, and the appearance of the ground would lead to the belief that part of the ground had been excavated for the foundation stones. Small vitrified portions of stone are Scattered about the place, which is now grown over with Whins &c, there is no appearance of the inner, and outer ramparts, mentioned by Chalmers, but exterior of the 'Oval' as a whole is well defined. The ground appears to have been artificially raised to the North and North East, where the natural feature is less steep than on the South Side where the base of the "Cairn" is level with the natural contour of the elevation. (28th. Feby. [February] 1863.) |
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