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of the road in a clumb of birches on Adam
Mackay’s croft is the excavated chamber
[Margin] Unnoted.
of a cairn. The cairn which has been cir:
:cular has been almost entirely removed and
has been about 66 ft. [feet] in diameter. The length
of the chamber which lies NE and SW. [North East and South West] has been about 15 ft. [feet] but the
E [East] end is not defined It has been divided into
two at about 8 ft. [feet] from the S.W [South West] end by two
large slabs projecting from either side 2’.10” into
the interior and standing about 2’.6” in height
from the ground level & about 2’ apart. They are not exactly op:
:posite each other, that on the N. [North] being about
6” W. [West] of the one on the other side. The W. [West] com:
:partment of the chamber is about 8 ft. [feet] broad
and is formed of five large slabs set on end
the highest 5’.8” above ground and 3’.6” across
at broadest tapering to a point, the other
slabs are about 4’.6” high. The form of the
chamber is polygonal; the space between
the upright stones, where filled, is neatly built
with stones laid horizontally. Of the E [East] division
of the chamber only one large stone 4’.6” high and
3’.7” across remains standing on the N. [North] the
slab on the opposite side has fallen. There is
no sign of the passage into chamber. I was
assisted in measuring the chamber by the
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