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end is not exposed & 3'.4" wide. There are two chambers opposite
each other in the entrance passage about 8'.8" in
from the exterior (as given in plan). The chamber
on the right has an entrance 2' wide 3 ft. [feet]
through the thickness of the wall, and is itself oval in form with its longest axis in line of its entrance 8'.2"
long, 4'.5" wide, and 7'.6" with a step at the entrance
20" high. The roof has for the most part gone
The left hand chamber appears to be intact ex:
:cept at its entrance where the wall on
the inner side has collapsed. Its dimensions were
of the entrance 23" wide and 3' high, with a step 20" deep. At 19'.6"
to the N.W. [North West] from the left side of inner end of the
main entrance is the entrance to the staircase
and chamber opposite to it. The entrance is
20" above ground level in the interior & is 3'.6" in width & 4' within the wall. The stair
which rises to the right still exists for 7 steps for
the most part broken and displaced, It is 3'.4"
wide. An oval chamber is opposite the stair
3'.6" wide at entrance expanding to 4'.6" and
9'.4" long. It has been covered with an overlapping
roof now gone. The entrance to it is covered
with a lintel 4' long, 19" broad & 11" thick.
On the S. [South] side between the main entrance and
the entrance to the stair at about 9' from the ground
is a single stone projecting about 4" beyond the
wall below and 11" beyond the wall above it

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