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to the E [East] of Sciberscross terminates towards

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the W. [West] and about 150 yds [yards] distant from it
is a cairn formed of largish stones con:
:siderably overgrown with peat lying with
its longest axis NNW. and SSE. [North North West and South South East]. It is 30' long
by 15' in breadth and 2' in height. On the

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NW. [North West] extremity of it is placed a small round
cairn of 11' diameter and 1 1/2' to 2' in height.
Both had the appearance of burial cairns
Some 350 yds [yards] ESE. [East South East] of the house on a
slight eminence in the middle of a

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meadow are the remains of a cairn.
The upper part of the cairn has been removed
and a cist exposed of which the covering
slab, ends and one side remain. It lies
WSW. and ENE. [West South West and East North East]. The covering slab measures
4'4" x 2'9" and the length of the interior is
3'7". The diameter of the cairn is about

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33' and its present height about 4'. The
outline of the cairn has been marked
with large contiguous boulders of from
1 1/2' to 2' in length.
Some 30' E [East] is another which has been
excavated and the cist displaced . It is
30'9" in diameter and is about 4' high. Around
the base is a setting of large but not contiguous

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  Transcribers who have contributed to this page.

Alison James- Moderator, Jane F Jamieson