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of the entrance there are indications of further
subdivision, at the S. [South] end, but the details are indefinite.
About 50 yds [yards] to the E. [East] is another hut circle
but it is much dilapidated.
A group of tumuli lie around.
All along the face of the hill to the Northward
at about the 500' Contour line are numbers
of small cairns of the usual type. To
the E. [East] of one cairn in the hollow above the
hut circles is a setting of stones oval in outline
measuring interiorly 6'.10" x 3'.5" lying N.W & SE. [North West & South East]
with three large stones lying in the centre.
It presents more the appearance of a
grave than a cairn. The stones are about
8" to 10" across. There are remains of a croft not far off.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 6.

On the W. [West] flank of Aberscross Hill is a
large group of cairns of usual type. Among
them is one in appearance two cairns
joined by a low neck about 3' long, lying E & W [East & West].
The whole length of the construction about 25',
the breadth of the cairns about 12' (see cairns
in Strath Naver p. [page] [--])
To the E [East] of the burn and almost due E [East] of
the last group of cairns to the N. [North] of Aberscross
is a small hut circle. Int. dia. [Interior diameter] about 12'
Ent. [Entrance] from NE. [North East]. The features towards the entrance

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