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3 miles one meets numerous groups of
cairns, many marked on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] maps but
also many others. They lie mostly on a
level area which intervenes between the
flat land near the river and the higher ground
behind. They present little difference in
appearance; round, composed of boulders and
about 2 ft. [feet] high in the centre and 12 - 14 ft. [feet]
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 25
diameter. In the group situated about 2 m. [miles]
S. [South] of the bridge is a cairn of peculiar appear:
:ance. It lies N. and S. [North and South] and seems to be
formed of two or probably three ordinary cairns
connected each by a narrow neck. The third
portion is entirely overgrown with heather
and is not very distinct. The other two
measure over all 45 ft. [feet] in length. The
N. [North] cairn 17’ long – by 12’ broad at the widest
part connected by a neck which gradually
contracts till it is about 4 ft. [feet] wide & gradually
expands to join the S. [South] cairn which is 15 ft. [feet]
long and 12 ft. [feet] broad. The length of the
connecting portion which is very distinct
is 3 ft. [feet]. The connecting neck of the third cairn
is also 3 ft. [feet] long & about 4’ wide & that cairn
appears to be about 12’ or 13’ long. No part of
the construction is more than 18” high.
[Continued on page 28]
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