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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
KING'S CAIRN King's Cairn (Ancient)
King's Cairn (Ancient)
King's Cairn (Ancient)
Robert McMillan
Alexander McSkimming
William McMillan
013 [Situation] About 1 mile S.E. [South East] of Kirriereoch Loch.
A large circular cairn, situated the farm of Kirriemore, about 100 feet in diameter, the stones on [the centre] rise to a height of about [15] feet on the top of which is a [badly] constructed shepherd's pile [erected] to a height of about 4 feet No information can be obtained in the locality respecting either as to its erection or derivation of name, with the [exception] of what the Messrs. McMillan say "It is traditionally supposed [to] be the burial place of some chieftain or notable person" [Similar] ones have been opened in the vicinity And [ground] exposed in which human bones have been found.

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