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excavated, by there being no admixture
of earth or turf with the stones and by
an absence of vegetation over them except
for a fringe some 3' to 4' wide round the
outer edge. They are also not infrequently
linked together by walls or have curving
lines of walling projecting from them as
if to flank an entrance. Ruins of old
walls run hither and thither among
them in sinuous lines in places giving
the effect of serpentine cairns. These con:
:structions I believe to be the ruins of
small huts probably built with overlapping
roofs. Locally they are considered

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