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is much dilapidated. The diameter from N. to S. [North to South]
is 59 ft. [feet] from E. to W. [East to West] 54 ft. [feet]. The height about 5 ft. [feet]
On the W. and S. [West and South] sides it has been much pulled
about. On the right bank of the Skelpick
burn directly to the W. [West] of the N. [North] end of the long
cairn there is exposed a bed of iron slag (?) 9 ins. [inches]
thick and 8” below the present surface. Some
4” - 5” beneath it is a bed of charcoal 2 1/2“ thick. The
slag is intermixed with portions of burnt wood.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 17.

The long cairn on the E. [East] side of the burn is much
as described. At the S. [South] end of the passage is a
small separately roofed chamber about 6 ft. [feet] in
length, 4 ft. [feet] broad and 4’.3” high from which
access is obtained to the 1st chamber through
a portal 2’.7” wide & 3’.6” high from present level
surmounted with a large triangular lintel nearly
10 ft. [feet] long & 2’.6” in greatest diameter. The first
or N. [North] compartment is divided from the next
by two upright stones about 3’.6” high, supporting
a lintel about 9’ long, 14” thick & 3’.6” deep. The
space between the division stones is 4 ft. [feet]. There is
one large upright stone on the E [East] side but none
remaining on the W. [West] The S. [South] chamber is formed
of 6 large upright stones – is polygonal. The
spaces between the uprights are filled with
regular horizontal building. At the N. [North] end

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