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"tumuli" in its vicinity but though I searched
all round I found none. Some 30 yds. [yards] N. [North] of it
is a low mound about 20' diameter which looks
like a cairn but piercing it in several places
I found it to be entirely composed of peat.
The showers were so frequent & heavy that
I did not finish all my work in the Glen.
2nd [Margin] 1st? September. Train to Kinbrace. As usual the
train was an hour late so it was 12.15 before I
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 4.
got there. About 1 1/4 m. [miles] due W [West] of Kinbrace
station on the hill side beyond Harvieston
are a great number of small cairns of
from 12' to 20' diameter.
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 3.
About 200' above the road towards the W. [West]
end of the group is a large cairn known
as "Carn Tigh-nan-Goileach". It is from
58' to 60' in diameter and about 6' high. It
has been pulled about somewhat on the top and
several large flat slabs exposed lying horizontally
indicate a chambered character. To the
E [East] and on the hill side below lies numerous
small cairns the nearest of which is some
60' to the SW. [South West] & constructed of larger stones than
usual.
Along the lower slopes of the Creag Rui
nan Caorach from a short distance
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