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each side. That on the N. [North] side has been
slightly displaced. The present height of
the cairn is about 7 ft. [feet]. Between it and
and the road of the W. [West] lie about half a
dozen small cairns. At about 150 yds. [yards] and
200 yds. [yards] to the S. [South] respectively the direction of the
shepherd’s house have apparently been two
more similar cairns now almost entirely
removed. To the W. [West] of the road about 150 ft. [feet]
above it and some 100 yds [yards] S. [South] of the burn
are the considerable remains of another cairn
which has been pillaged to build a sheep stell.
It appears to have had a diameter of about
54 ft. [feet]. Its present height is about 4 ft. [feet] on the
E. [East] but on the W. [West] or upper side it is almost
level with the ground. Scattered about in its
vicinity are a few small cairns of 12’ to 14’
dia. [diameter]. About 100 yds. [yards] N. [North] of the burn &
70 yds. [yards] W. [West] of the road is a round cairn with
dia. [diameter] about 26 ft. [feet] and 4 ft. [feet] high. About
70 yds. [yards] N.W. [North West] of it are the ruins of another beside
a sheep stell. Near the centre of it has been
exposed a cist. It is intact
except for the stone at the S. [South] end which has been
removed and lies adjacent. The cist is full
of soil to within 14” of the covering slab which

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