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latter. On the S.E. [South East] slope above the flow which
lies between the moorland and the N.W. [North West] base of
Ben Laoghail is a group of small round cairns
of from 12 to 20 ft. [feet] or so diameter. They are not so
thickly placed as in some other situations but ex:
:tend for about 3/4 m. [mile]. One of them about halfway
along the ridge about 20 ft. [feet] in dia. [diameter] and only a
foot or two in height has had peat & stones removed
from a portion of the top and there has been exposed
a cist. The covering slab is 3 ft. [feet] broad and at least
3 ft. [feet] long, its exact length not being ascertainable. The
tops of the single slabs of each side are visible and
also of the slab at the E. [East] end which has apparently
slipped inwards. The breadth of the cist between
the sides is 2’.6”. The cairn is circular. The
longest axis of the cist is N.E. and S.W. [North East and South West].
Towards the S.W. [South West] end of the ridge on which
the cairns lie is a hut circle of the ordinary
pear shaped type with an internal measurement
across of 31 ft. [feet] the walls showing flattish slabs
on the inside, about 4 ft. [feet] across. In the entrance
which is to the S. [South] there has been erected a small
hut of comparatively modern type a few feet
square.
Lying at the base of the majestic peak,
which terminates Ben Laoghail to the N. [North] and

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