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excavation.
Hut circle (unnoted)
About 1/4 m. [mile] SSE. [South South East] of Wag and some 80 yds [yards] below
the road is a hut circle. Originally it
appears to have been a turf built pear shaped
construction measuring some 25' by 36'
interiorly having its entrance from SSE. [South South East].
Evidently in a secondary occupation the
interior has been reduced to a circular
form by a wall built across from side
to side in a curve having its convex face
towards the original entrance. The bank
of the original structure utilised has been
faced on the interior with stone and
an entrance has been broken through from
the W. by S. [West by South]. The diameter of the circle is
18'. Some 40 yds. [yards] to the NE. [North East] is a
small mound with a diameter of about
12' and an elevation of 2 1/2'.
Hut circle. (unnoted).
About 100 yds. [yards] below the road from Lang:
:well to Wag and just opposite the 7th mile:
:stone is a turf enclosure occupying the
summit of a slight elevation. It is
slightly pear shaped with an interior
diameter of 26' by 28'. The entrance is
from the S. [South] and is some 3' in width.
The enclosing bank which is faced
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