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11 June 1909. Left Inchnadamph on foot,
some muddle having been made about the motor,
but secured a trap returning after I had gone a

Stronechrubie
mile or two. I turned aside at Stronechrubie
to see what was described to me as a grave
marked by a standing stone but though I
searched all the hillocks between the road and
the Loanan where the grave was said to be I
could find no stone raised by the hand of man.

Loch Awe
I drove on to Loch Awe. Here immediately W. [West] of
the South end of the loch at an elevation of
about 200 ft. [feet] above it and just above an old
enclosure studded with heaps of stones which
do not appear to be of a sepulchral character,
is a cairn. It is circular or rather slightly oval
with a diameter of 63 ft. [feet] from N. to S. [North to South] and 70 ft. [feet]
from E. to W. [East to West] but as the ground slopes away
sharply to the E. [East] the extra length of the diameter
may be due to the fall of the stones. On the
top, 15 ft. [feet] from the N. [North] edge is a depression
running S. [South] for about 20 ft. [feet] and 10’ across at
greatest width; and there is another hollow
towards the E. [East]. Neither of these show signs
of recent excavation. There are some large
slabs lying about on the top of the cairn
but there is no sign of wither chamber or cist

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