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chambered. It measures some 28' in diameter.

[Margin] Loch of Yarrows
Hut Circles.
(unnoted)

On a slight knoll sheltered by surrounding
hills some 300 yds. [yards] SSW. [South South West] of the most Southerly point
of the Loch of Yarrows and some 500 yds [yards] SSE [South South East] of
South Yarrows is a hut circle. It is oval in
plan measuring interiorly some 17' x 21' and
has been entered from the S [South]. The interior has
been dug out and the floor is somewhat
below the level of the surrounding ground.
The bank is some 7' in thickness and has been
lined on the interior with large slabs set on
end. Its elevation is some 2'. Immediately
to the left of the entrance in the interior
is a recess in the bank lined with stones
measuring 3' in diameter either way.
A smaller circle with an approximate interior
diameter of 7' is placed contiguous to the
circle on its W. [West] side and seems to have been
entered from the SSW. [South South West] by a passage some
7' in length. Within the interior against
the E [East] wall are two slabs set on edge placed
at rt. [right] angles to each other 2' long and
1'.8" high x 3" thick. Some 31' to
the N [North] of these constructions are the ruins
of another small oval enclosure measuring
interiorly some 6' x 7'. The entrance appears to
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