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name of Clach [--] (the beheading stone)
It stands, when put together, 3'.5" above ground.
and measures 1'.1" by 8". It faces NW [North West] and SE [South East].
This is possibly only a boundary stone but
its name is significant.

O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Picts' Ho. [House]
On a grassy mound about 1/2 m. [mile] S. [South] of Tullochans
are the remains of what has apparently been
a stone built hut circle. From its foundations
in modern times a sheep stell has been built.
It has been circular with an interior diameter of 22', walls 9' thick
and an entrance from SE [South East]. The foundations
of the wall on the left of the entrance passage
still remain. The width of the passage has
been 2'.
About 3/4 m. [mile] S by W. [South by West] of Tullochans on low
grassy knolls are the ruins of several primitive
oblong rectangular buildings. the largest
measuring some 35' x 12'. Large blocks
of stone have been used in their construction

Standing Stone Unnoted
Some 80' SE. [South East] of the most Southerly of the
group of ruins beside the burn to the S. [South] of
Thullochans. is an upright stone sunk deep
in a mossy depression. It is pointed
symmetrically is 4'.4" broad, 9" thick &
projects 2'.6". facing ENE [East North East] and WSW [West South West]. It is
firmly set in the peat & is probably a standing

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