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running W. [West] above the crofts on which various
groups of cairns are situated. The first group
is above Balindialish and consists of 3 or 4 of
the ordinary low grass covered type. About 1/4 m. [mile]
W. [West] above Balcharn is another group of low mounds
of from 12 - 18 ft. [feet] diameter. I have examined
many of these small “tumuli” where the interior
construction has been exposed on the banks of burns,
gravel pits &c. and I find them to be composed
of stones and turf or earth thus differing in
construction from the larger cairns formed
entirely of boulders. The former are almost invari:
:ably overgrown with grass or heather .
A short distance to the N. [North] of Balcharn is a
group of about half a dozen all grass grown.
Of the group at Culmaily to the E. [East] of it only one
remains half broken down on the edge of
the road to the E. [East] of the road past the crofts.
About 100 yds. [yards] S. [South] on the moorland the outline
of a hut circle is observable.
The group about 400 yds. [yards] E. [East] of Culbuie consists
of about a dozen, from 12' to 18' dia. [diameter] and
about 3' high.
About 1/4 m. [mile] E. [East] of Savalbeg at Dulaich is
a group of about 14. One or two are rather
higher and more pointed than usual being

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