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the car I took some photographs of them.

"Picts Ho. [House]" (50)
On the S. [South] side of the road from Langwell to
Wag and some 200 yds. [yards] W. [West] of the wall, which
divides the woodlands from the moor beyond the
garden, are the very confused remains of a
construction. Much stone has been removed
from it and its original character is not
apparent. It has most probably been a
"Picts House." What term to apply to these
constructions I do not yet know.
Crossing the River by the road bridge & climbing
up a steep bank we found "Picts Ho. [House]" of the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] (51))

Chambered cairn Langwell.
On the top of the S. [South] bank of the Langwell
Water by the edge of a burn which flows
into that river near the road bridge, 1 1/2 above
Langwell House, are the remains of a
chambered cairn. Much of the stone,
which formed the cairn has been removed,
and the chambers for the most part demolished.
The outline is not very definite, but it appears
to have measured in diameter some 78' from
E to W. [East to West] by 63' from N to S. [North to South]. In line of
the main axis there appear to have been
two separate chambers. Some 18' in from
the E. [East] edge are two upright stones 2'.8" apart
that on the N. [North] broken off at the ground level

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