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score in numbers with a few hut circles

[Margin] Farr O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 39.

interspersed among them especially towards
the S. [South] end. The cairns are of the usual
small class and the circles present no
unusual features though one or two of them
are remarkably well preserved with the
walls about a couple of feet high and with
upright stones of about the same height on either
side of the entrance. At the extreme S. [South] end
of the group and at the edge of the swampy
ground is a peculiar construction. Two

[Margin] ?kiln.

mounds apparently composed of earth & small
stones about 30 ft. [feet] long 12 ft. [feet] thick and 4' to 5' high
lie parallel about 6 ft. [feet] apart in N. [North] & S. [South] direction.
Between them, are two well defined depressions
the one at the N. [North] end measuring about 8' (long) x 6' (broad) &
unbanked up to the N. [North] end. The
S. [South] hollow measures about 7' x 6'. They are
divided from each other by a ridge joining the
mounds about 4 ft [feet] long and 2 ft. [feet] broad from
which large stones protrude suggesting walling.
At the S. [South] end of the S. [South] hollow lies a flat lintel
3 ft. [feet] long and 20" broad. it is supported on
stones at either side & is at present a few inches
above the soil underneath which is free from stone
& is quite loose. About 1/2 m. [mile] to the S. [South] just above

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