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to occur on the SW. [South West] side. There appears to be
flanking walls running for some 45' outwards
NE [North East] and SSW [South South West] on both sides of the entrance to the
interior. That on the SSW [South South West] being at its extremity
some 12' distant from the outer circumference of
the inner circle and appears to have been about
6' wide . The details of the entrance are not
obtainable on account of the ruins of the walls.
An accurate plan is only obtainable after
excavation and the clearance of the vegetation
but the main features are as recorded and
are almost identical with those of the structure
near Knock Arthur in Rogart Parish.
Mr. Donald Mackenzie here joined me and
guided me to various objects he had noticed.
In Swordale Wood just to the N. [North] of the NW. [North West]
point of the Clabran Sallach is a group of
7 or 8 small cairns.
In the portion of Swordale Wood which lies

[Margin] The Goodyera Repens grows freely in the wood.

between the Market Park and the
old road to Little Swordale lie a great number
of heaps of earth & stone, noted by Mr. Mackenzie
as graves. They differ from the ordinary
small cairns in not being circular or com:
:posed of stones to such an extent and by
a depression on one side from which the
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