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one side of a doorway, with a lower block behind it and on the opposite side a similar stone
lies along the side of the passage some 3'.3" in
length corresponding in length with the two on the
opposite side. Outside these the passage is 3'.6" in
width. Against the back or ENE [East North East] wall
in the interior are set three slabs edge on to the
wall. ^ [caret mark]

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12' and 3' distant from either side and 1'.5"
and 3'.4" apart. --

Two of them are about 2' in height and one 1'.6"
and projecting outwards from 2'.3" to 3'. The
thickness of the walls on either side of the
passage is indeterminate but at 6'.7" on the
left the face of a wall running parallel for
a distance of 16' has been exposed. The
whole group appears to have been enclosed
within a wall. A burn, called the Kirk burn
flows along the N. [North] side. On the adjacent moor:
:land where the heather has been recently burned
ridges caused by cultivation are clearly
defined.
Passing SE [South East] towards Keiss we passed the
"Pict House (36)". It is a mound which has
been excavated. There is little appearance of
any artificial characteristics about it and
certainly nothing worth recording. It was
excavated by Sir Francis Barry.
At Keiss I picked up the car & had a fear:
:some ride home with a dangerous youthful driver.
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