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They have been formed of stone and give indica:
:tions of chambers in the thickness of the walls.
The debris in the interior of one is so great as to sug:
:gest that it has been roofed. The form of these
huts is no longer pear shaped but either circular
or oval with the longest axis across the interior
from side to side. The cairns show no change
in outward form and hut circles of the
ordinary type occur at various places over
the hill. There are here also the same curious
irregularly curving walls connecting small
enclosures as I observed on the Ard and
beyond Lairg Station. An S shaped cattle
fold [(S) sketch inserted here] may give a clue to the meaning
of similar smaller constructions observed in
Strath Naver near the Carnachaidh Burn.
Beginning the survey of the hill from the
S.E. [South East] end, there are observable a number of
round cairns overgrown with turf of the
usual character (these extend all over the
crest and flanks of the hill). Near them
is a hut circle of usual type measuring
29' x 35' internally with entrance to the S.E. [South East].
A little to the N.W. is another whose breadth
is greater than its length, measuring 14' x 12. The
entrance to the S.E. [South East]. From its N.W. [North West] a bank curves

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