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a Southerly direction for about 22' and thence
curving to the right it runs to the WSW [West South West] for
the remainder of its course the end being reached
at a distance of 40' from the first slab measuring
along the inner side of the curve. At 9'
from the outside the passage begins to widen out,
and is 3'.10" wide and 2'.8" high. At 15'.6" it is
3'.10" wide and 4'.2" high: at 22' it is 4'.2" wide
& the same in height; at 28' it is 4' wide and 6'.2" high
and at 35'.6" in it is 4'.6" wide and 4'.6" high. The
wall at the back is rounded. The floor at the
end is covered with several inches of soil.
The walls are built to a great extent with boulders
and the roof is formed of flags.

[Margin] Unnoted

On the top of the moor about the 500' elevation
some 50 yds. [yards] WNW [West North West] of the Kildonan burn and
the same distance N. [North] of the road up the strath,
is a group of small cairns and at the W. [West]
end of them faint indications of a number
of round turf enclosures.

[Margin] Unnoted

Up the W [West] bank of the Kildonan burn
at a level of about 100' to 150' above the stream
and running up the glen for about 3/4 m. [mile]
from the road is a large group of
hut circles and small cairns. The
hut circles are mostly of the circular type

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