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The height is about 14 ft. [feet]. It has been pulled
about a good deal and excavation has been
made at various points but neither cist nor
chamber are exposed. Along the top from
E to W. [East to West] a depression runs inward for 39 ft. [feet] dis:
:closing some large boulders. It occupies a
conspicuous position.
On the very summit of the hill at an elevation
of some 619’ over sea level are the standing stones
of the chamber of a demolished cairn. The main axis lies
about E. and W. [East and West]. The chamber appears
to have been bipartite (?), with the most im:
:portant enclosure at the W. [West]. This portion now
represented by 4 stones 3 of which are upright,
1 on the E. [East], 1 on the W. [West], 1 on the N. [North] and a
large stone about 5’ long, 2’.8” broad and 12” thick
lying on its back towards the N.W. [North West]. Its dimen:
:sions have been about 8 ft. [feet] by 6 ft. [feet] and it
has been of the usual polygonal form.
At the [--] end the two partition stones are
low, somewhat pointed, and 2 ft. [feet] apart. They have given access
to a second chamber 5 ft. [feet] long and probably
of about the same breadth. One stone only
remains on the S.W. [South West] side about 20” long &
protruding about 8” from the ground and at
the [--] end are two other partition stones

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