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are no definite remains visible. These are noted
as a "Cairn" on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey]!
The Moors here are flat, boggy and uninteresting
and it was a dreary tramp across them to this object.

[Margin] Hut Circles
Camster
(unnoted)

On the W [West] side of the Camster road and about
1/3 of a mile E by S. [East by South] of Camster on the end of a
grassy spur which projects into the flat land
by the burn is a group of hut circles. Near
the end of the spur is a circle with an interior
diameter of about 16', a bank some 9' to 10'
thick and an entrance from the SE. [South East]
Some 20' SW. [South West] of it are the indefinite remains
of another. - oval or oblong in shape measuring
interiorly some 10' by 16'. The entrance from S.W. [South West] appears
to be very wide
The outline is, however, very indistinct.
About 100' to the NE. [North East] of the first is another
small circle with a diameter of some 10' and
entrance from the SE. [South East] Its bank is much worn
down. Some 20' to the SE. [South East] is another
oval in form - measuring interiorly some
14' by 24'. The entrance has been from the W. [West]
The bank on either side is carried down
the hill in front for a distance of some 22'
with a space between of some 11'.
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