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of Works. About 300 ft. [feet] S. [South] of the E. [East] entrance
Foundations near Edin’s Hall.
to the enclosure of Edin’s Hall at the upper edge of
the field in which it is situated and W.N.W. [West North West] of the
summit of Cockburn Law at an elevation of 722 ft. [feet] are a series of founda:
:tions with the main axis N. [North] and S. [South]. At the North
end is a large circular saucer shaped depression with a
diameter of sixty eight feet, the upper edge level
with the field on the N. [North] and W. [West] but enclosed
with a stone bank on the S. [South] and E. [East] The entrance
is towards the East. The bank is about 2 ft. [feet] high and
at its base 12 ft. [feet] broad. Adjoining it to the S. [South]
is an enclosure rectangular at the N. [North] end and
at the S.E. [South East] corner but having the S.W. [South West] angle
occupied by a part of a circular foundation
which extends Westward beyond the line of its W. [West] side. It is
enclosed by a low bank of stones somewhat
delapidated on the W. [West] side but fairly complete
on the E [East] in the centre of which side there is an
entrance. Its longest diameter from N. [North] to S [South] is
also 68 ft. [feet] and its breadth 46 ft. [feet]. The circle in
the S.W. [South West] corner has a diameter of 22 ft. [feet] and opens
into the interior to the E. [East] Adjoining this circle
to the S. [South] are the remains of another of similar
character and of a third adjoining the
latter to the E. [East]. At 22 ft. [feet] S.E. [South East] of the entrance
to the oblong enclosure are the remains of an
outer stone mound running N. [North] & S. [South] & apparently
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