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On the right bank of the Radoich burn a
short distance E. [East] of the railway is a great
heap of iron slag, about 30' across and 4' high.
Crossing the Shin by a suspension bridge I
walked on to Achany through beautiful birch
woods along the bank of the river, and sought out
Campbell the forester, a most intelligent man with
whom I had previously corresponded. On the
way to examine the cairn he had mentioned at
Ballefeur "As we were there anyway" he drew my
attention to something which had often puzzled
him. It turned out to be a fine chambered cairn.
It is situated on the right bank of the Gruidie
immediately to the E [East] of the road below Achany.
It has been much dilapidated and there
are signs of structures nearby which must have
been built out of it. The chamber is fully
exposed. The diameter of the cairn appears
to have been about 56' along the direction of
the chamber (i.e. N.E and S.W) [North East and South West] and 69' across it.
The front of the cairn towards the N. [North] is marked
by a kerb of large stones with an upright pointed
stone to the N. [North] of the chamber.
The front follows the curve of the
circumference but about 7' inwards from what
is probably the end of the entrance passage

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