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7' thick. About half a doz. [dozen] cairns lie in
the immediate neighbourhood of these enclosures.
Some 400 yds. [yards] NNE [North North East] of the last house at Astel
are the ruins of a circular enclosure (Fig 2) [Figure 2]. It is
of pear shaped form measuring about 31'.6"
x 35' with the main entrance probably from the N.E. [North East].
Like the enclosures near Achnael the wall
has built more of stone and has evidently
been higher. It appears to have been divided
into three main compartments by stone
walls. At about 14'.6" from the E [East] end the
base of a wall about 8' thick, crosses it from N to S. [North to South] and
is joined by a wall running inward from the
N [North] side of the entrance about 5'.6" wide. The
compartment formed on the S. [South] appears to
have been about 9' from N to S [North to South] and 10' from
E to W. [East to West]. That on the N. [North] about 10' from N. to S. [North to South]
The wall appears to have been from 7' - 8' thick.
Owing to the amount of stone in the interior
from the ruined wall the details are obscured.
There are indications of separate entrances
through the wall into each chamber.
There are no cairns in its immediate vicinity.

21st July. Train to Rogart where I parted company
with Cree returning to Grantown. A house
stands on the site of the stone circle at Pittentrail

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