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the same as the river. I think it is a natural deposit
of boulders & gravel supplemented with stones from
the field. The only other regular S. shaped
cairns I have seen were in Strath Naver, on a
haugh beside the Carnachy burn. The situation
is almost similar as also the relative general directions
of the cairns - parallel with that of the stream.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 23a.

About 1/2 m [mile] NE. [North East] of the shepherd's house at Dal:
:namain at an elevation of about 400' is a group
of about 1 dozen cairns of usual small type and
a hut circle. The circle has an interior
diameter of about 26': entrance from SE [South East] through
a passage 9' long. The width of the entrance is in:
:definite but it has been narrow probably about
3'. The thickness of the banks 6'. Nearby are the
remains of old enclosing banks.

[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 6

On the W. [West] side of the Allt Tigh Neill about 100' above
the road up Strath Carnach and immediately above
the birch wood is a group of from 15 to 20 small
cairns and two hut circles. The most Easterly
measures 26' x 31' with entrance from the E. [East]
The banks of turf & stone 7' thick & 9' at entrance
The second circle is about 30 yds. [yards] to the W. [West].
It enters from the SE [South East] through an entrance
3' wide. The bank is about 4'.6" thick. The
diameters are 20' x 25'. Abutting on it to the

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