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thickness and, near the middle of its course, some 4'
in height. It runs from the edge of a deep ravine
on one side to the cliff edge on the other. Somewhat
to the E. [East] of the centre this wall is pierced by a
passage passing direct through it. It is 3'.2" in
width at the outer end. At 6'.8" inwards on the
right (the left side is broken down) is a rebate for a
door faced with a slab 6" thick set edgewise in
the wall the passage in rear of it widening to
4'.9" Across the passage before the door check
projects a sill 8" in height. Behind the rebate
a bar hole 8" square passes for a distance of
at least 3'.6" into the wall. At the inner
end of the passage and to the left some 4'
back from it is an oval chamber measuring
some 10' by 7'. Following the
line of the passage inwards and curving to the
right is an entrance through a wall with a
concave face inwards some 9'.7" from the
end of the main entrance. Some 8' in front
of this main opening was found a hearth
defined with flags set on end, in which were
ashes, food refuse, and fragments of pottery,
A drain passes from the interior outwards
below the floor of the entrance passage. This
construction the details of which are very
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