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also a number of hut circles and small
cairns
[Margin] O.S. [Ordnance Survey] 25
Some 700 yds. [yards] above the road on
the E. [East] side of the glen and about 100' above the
burn is a circular enclosure which has
been surrounded with a stone wall. It
has entered from SE [South East] through an entrance
about 2' wide & 10' long, the bank in the circumfce. [circumference] being about 6' thick. The interior diameters are
about 22' x 24'. The upper side of the
enclosure has been dug out of the slope of
the hill side & the wall built against the
bank. From the left or S [South] side of the entrance
an old bank runs down hill and another
joins the W. [West] side from the direction of the
burn. There are indications of chambers
in the interior but they are too indistinct
to plan.
About 100 yds. [yards] lower down the glen are
two circular enclosures with wide entrances
and no signs of interior divisions and
on the hill side above them remains of
one or two others & of old walls.
The lower of the two circles has an interior
diameter of about 34' It enters from
the S. [South] through a passage 9' to 10' long and
about 5' wide. The interior is levelled
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