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used in the construction of a small enclosure
abutting on the cairn at that point. The cairn is
circular with a diameter of about 35'. It has
been excavated for about 1' of its depth but neither
cist nor chamber has been exposed. It is about
4' in height.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 7.

At the S. [South] end of Aberscross hill at an elevation
of about 450' above the sea on the slope above
the burn is a hut-circle. It measures 37'.6"
across x 38'.6" in length towards the
entrance which faces S. [South].
[Sketch inserted here]
The bank has been faced
on the interior with large
flat stones and there is a
marked absence of stones on
the outer circumference & in the centre of the
bank. The bank has been about
3'.6" thick in the circumference expanding
to 8' on either side of the entrance. At 2'.9"
inward from the entrance the base of a wall 2'.10"
wide runs towards the back of the enclosure
for about 21' where it is met by a wall
curving round from either side thus dividing
the enclosure into 3 main compartments.
Where the back compartment was entered from
is not apparent. In the compartment to the E [East]

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