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of a fortification.
About 200 yds [yards] N.N.W. [North North West] of the great cairn is
another crescentic construction measuring about
30’ overall with an interior of about 12’ dia. [diameter].
About 100 yds. [yards] N by W [North by West] of the great cairn,
to the N. [North] of the pathway are the remains of a
large walled enclosure - with internal dia. [diameter]
about 43’ x 45’ and entrance to SE. [South East] and
adjoining it to the NE. [North East] is a large oval
cairn 33 ft [feet] from NE. to S.W. [North East to South West] & 23’ from NW to SE. [North West to South East]
& about 3’ high.
Some 100 yds. [yards] due N. [North] of the great cairn and
on the upper side of the pathway is a small
circle with an interior diameter of 16’ flanked
on N and S [North and South] by banks about 2 ft. [feet] high and
12 ft. [feet] across, and base of walls indicated on E. [East] and
W. [West]. This is a construction similar to those
noted in Strathnaver. Near the entrance to the
E [East] the wall is 4’ thick.

[Margin - sketch with text inserted]. This construction seems related to the adjacent hut circle, wh. [which] has its entrance directly towards it.

About 20’ E. [East] is a hut circle of ordinary
type measuring internally 24’ x 29’ with walls
about 5’ thick. Ent. [Entrance] to the N.W. [North West]. About 18’ E [East] is a cairn with
diameter of about 22’.
At about 100 yds. [yards] N.E. [North East] of the summit is a
crescentic mound of earth and boulders
measuring about 42’ along the crest about

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