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round cairns. About 1 m. [mile] up the Auchanellan
burn a short distance N. [North] of its right bank
between the 300 and 400 ft. [feet] contour lines are
several hut circles of the usual type with en:
:trances to the S. [South] and around them a large
number of small round cairns. About
2 1/2 miles up the Skelpick burn on a low
ridge which lies between the high ground

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 19.

on the W. [West] and the burn, are numerous small
cairns of 12 or 14 ft. [feet] diameter. One near the
burn at the N.E. [North East] end of the ridge measures
21 ft. [feet] in length by 8 ft. [feet] in breadth and is about
2 ft. [feet] high. Its longest axis lies almost N. & S. [North & South]
At the N. [North] end of this ridge is a small area of
haugh land on the W. [West] or hill side of which
are the ruins of an ancient enclosing wall of
large boulders. About 100 yds [yards] back from the
burn and at the very end of the ridge on the
top of a sandy hillock is a well-defined
oval enclosure – measuring internally 12’ x 6’
It is surrounded by a bank of stones about 2 ft. [feet]
in thickness and has apparently a narrow
entrance about 1 1/2 ft. [feet] wide to the S. [South] & there
is a similar break in the wall opposite to
the N. [North] The longest axis lies N.E. & S.W. [North East & South West].
About 50 ft [feet] to the N.E. [North East] is a small circular

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