gb0551ms-36-8-257
Transcription
[Page] 257[Continued from page 256]
clearly defined. The enclosing bank is about
4'.6" wide composed of boulders and turf and
about 2' high at highest. It is outlined on the
inner side with large boulders 3' to 4' in
length and one huge earthfast boulder about
6' across crosses it in the back opposite
the entrance. The entrance is from the SW. [South West]
and is 3' in width. In front of this are indications of another.
Some 30' SW. [South West] of the last is another circular
enclosure, with banks formed of boulders of
the size usually employed, about 4' thick. The
diameter across interior abut 13', length towards entrance
about 19', entrance about 7' wide through passage
8' to 9' long, from SW. [South West] (Fig) [Figure].
[Sketch inserted here]
One or two small cairns
lie in the immediate neigh:
:bourhood.
Some 200 yds [yards] Westwards are another couple of
circles. The upper one of the two occupies
a slight elevation. Its banks are much worn
away but it seems to have been of the ordinary
type with entrance SSE. [South South East]. The walls on either
side of the entrance have been carried
forward and finished with square termina:
:tions as in the previous instance. In
the interior are very distinct indications
[Continued on page 258]
Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
CorrieBuidhe- Moderator, Jane F Jamieson
Location information for this page.
Aberdeenshire County, Angus County, Argyll County, Ayrshire County, Banffshire County, Berwickshire County, Buteshire County, Caithness County, Clackmannanshire County, Cromarty County, Dumfriesshire County, Dunbartonshire County, East Lothian County, Fife County, Inverness-shire County, Kincardineshire County, Kinross-shire County, Kirkcudbrightshire County, Lanarkshire County, Midlothian County, Morayshire County, Nairnshire County, Orkney County, Peeblesshire County, Perthshire County, Renfrewshire County, Ross And Cromarty County, Roxburghshire County, Selkirkshire County, Shetland County, Stirlingshire County, Sutherland County, West Lothian County, Wigtownshire County