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with a total length of some 12'. The entrance
has been from E by N. [East by North] through a passage some
15' in length by 2' in width. The outer compart:
:ment is oval in plan measuring some 4' from
front to back by 5'.4" across. The slabs dividing
it from the middle compartment stand 3'.6" above
present level - project some 3' from either side
and are 1'.6" apart. The middle compartment
measures 4'.8" from front to back by 5'.4"
across. The back compartment is separated
from the last by low division stones about 2'
high and some 2'.7" apart. It measures 2'.2"
from front to back and 4'.8" in breadth.
The back of the chamber is formed of one
large slab and the sides throughout are
built. The whole is much ruined and
no constructional wall is visible on the exterior.
It has an elevation of about 6'.
On the highest point of the hill at an eleva:
:tion of some 616' and some 300 yds. [yards] S. [South] of
the last cairn is another which has also
been excavated. It is now a complete ruin
and the chamber entirely wrecked. Details
of it may be found in the Proceedings.
About 100 yds. [yards] to the E. [East] of the last at an
elevation of some 600' is another chambered
cairn. It has two chambers under separate
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