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area above the wood, at about the 500' elevation
towards the W. [West] end of the wood are a number
of small cairns.
Just past the W. [West] end and about 1 m. [mile] N. [North] of the
Dun of Creich is a large cairn. Its diameter
from N. to S. [North to South] is about 47' and from E to W. [East to West] 52'.
This also appears to be a cruciform or horned
cairn. The horn projecting towards the N.W. [North West]
is quite distinct the outline of stones being
clearly visible. It appears to project about
10' and is about 17' broad at base. The
horn to the S.E. [South East] is indicated but excavation
is necessary to establish it. The diameter from
the end of the NW [North West] horn to the SE [South East] is 65'.
At 30' in from the W. [West] side facing E by N [East by North] and
W by S. [West by South] is a broad flat slab 4'.4" across and
to the SW [South West] of it the top of another protrudes at
rt. [right] angles, evidently parts of a chamber.
Against the cairn towards the NE. [North East] are
the foundations of a small rectangular
construction. These buildings formed of and
against cairns at later times I have on
several occasions noticed.
Some 40 yds. [yards] W [West] is a low mound with
a depression in the centre of about 4'.6"
diameter and 15" deep. The enclosing bank of

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