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walls are 3'.6" thick; the interior about 3' diameter,
the entrance from the South through a passage 3' long
and 13" to 16" wide.
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 10
Some 400 yds [yards] into the wood on the W. [West] side of the
track is a circular cairn with diameter of about 56' and
from 5' to 6' high. It has been broken into
in several places but neither cist nor chamber
is exposed.
About 16' to the N. [North] lies another circular cairn
with diameter of about 36' and height of
about 3'.6". It has been opened up in places
but neither cist nor chamber is exposed.
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 19.
The hut circle at the W. [West] end of the Lochs'
plantation near Proncycroy is no longer recognis:
:able.
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 2
On the summit of a mound 12'-15' high which has a
somewhat artificial appearance occupying
the N. [North] extremity of a ridge which runs N' [North]wards
from Proncy farm buildings are the frag:
:mentary remains of Proncy Castle. Near
the centre of a circular enclosure of about
100' diameter surrounded by a rampart
or wall with traces of buildings on its inner
side, there has been a rectangular keep measur:
:ing interiorly some 20' from NE to SW [North East to South West] and 12'
wide with walls from 5' to 6' thick. The ruin
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