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the S. [South] side on a stretch of moorland close to the road
is a group of 7 or 8 cairns of from 12' to 18'
circumference and 2' to 3' high.
About 100 yds [yards] to the S. [South] and stretching along the
hillside above the crofts are about a score
more of the usual type.
A few hundred yards S.E. [South East] of the upper end
of the crofts at Torroboll and on the W. [West] side of
an old road are several hut circles & cairns.
2 circles marked on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] are of the usual
type overgrown with grass & heather – entrance to S.E. [South East].
A small group of cairns of the usual type lies
about them. About 80 yds [yards] N. [North] and NW. [North West] respect:
:ively of the N'.most [Northernmost] of the two are the indistinct
remains of two others with 5 or 6 cairns beside
them. About 100 yds [yards] E [East] across the road,
from the marked circles is another with more
cairns near it. The cairns are all
overgrown with heather & seem to be made
of smaller stones, & where observable in section
at gravel pits &c, of turf. The cairns
associated with this circle & the 2 directly
across the road are 18 to 20 in number.
I observe that not infrequently one or
two large stones, which stand up about 1 ft. [foot]
are placed on the tops of these cairns as

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