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from 7' to 8' thick. Though the side walls
form parallel curves the angles at the WNW [West North West]
are almost right angles. The interior appears
to have been lined to some extent with thin
smooth slabs set on end. The walls remain
to a height of about 3' feet. The ent. [entrance] to the circular
enclosure has been from the SE. [South East] but its width
is indefinite. This has not the appearance
of a modern building but it must be
late. The interior shape bears a resemblance
to some of the sub-enclosures of the hut:
:circles.
Some 200 yds. [yards] N. [North] is a hut circle of the
simple type with entrance from the SE. [South East]
diameter 33' x 36', bank 8' thick. The width
of the entrance is indefinite. At the base of
a blown over tree on the S [South] side are disclosed a
number of shells of edible molluscs &c. The
whole is overgrown with heather.
From Uppat I walked S. [South] through Dunrobin
woods to the top of Bein a Bhragie where
Dr. [Doctor] Joass told me of a cave or earth house.
I failed to find it but have since learned that
it is situated to the S.W. [South West] of the Monument
a few yards inside the wood which at that
point comes near the summit. I must

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