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from the SW. [South West] The bank appears to be some
8' to 10' in thickness but it is not accurately meas:
:urable. The interior has also been dug out but
not so deeply as in the previous circle.
Some 20' to the NW. [North West] of it lies a third circle. The
interior diameter is about 21' and the entrance from
the SW. [South West] The thickness of the bank is about 11' and
around the lower side it is still a foot or two
in height. The interior has also been dug out and
its level is from 2'.6" to 3' below that of the hill
slope on the upper side.

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All these hut circles are overgrown with deep heather.
There are no mounds visible anywhere in their
vicinity. --

Some 30 yds. [yards] N. [North] of the last is yet another,
which has been partially destroyed by the
formation of a sheep drain across the lower
end of it. The diameter of the interior is some
9' across and 11' towards the entrance which
has been from the SW. [South West] The entrance appears
to have been very wide. The section
exposed by the cutting of the drain
shows that the bank is formed of earth
or peat and small stones.

[Margin] Mound (S)
Scorriclet

Bicycling onward down the Camster Road
which is almost unfit for cycling, I turned aside
to visit the site of the Mound at Scorriclet,
on the W [West] of the Strath Burn, which was visible
from the road. The fragment that remains is
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