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length, the thickness of the bank in the
circumference being about 7'. In the centre
of the interior is a small stony mound
or cairn 9' in diameter and 2' in height
and from the W. [West] side of it, 18' distant from
the entrance a wall appears to have crossed
to the bank as if to form the back of a
chamber similar to that on the hut circle
near Strathy. Some 10' to the left of the entrance
a narrow break in the bank 18" wide gives
access to a small enclosure formed of
large stones with an interior diameter of
7'. In the interior of the main structure
there are indications of other walls but so
overgrown as to be indefinite. This
circle is almost identical in plan
with that above Strathy Church.
[Margin] Unnoted.
Some 50 yds. [yards] to the NE [North East] are the remains
of another enclosure of simple type the
bank of which is much worn away.
It enters from the SE. [South East] and has an
interior diameter of 23' x 27'.
Some 30 yds. [yards] N. [North] across the road is another
similar construction, entering from SE. [South East]
through an entrance 2' wide and with
banks 6' to 7' thick. The interior diameters
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