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it are three upright stones about 2' above
ground set parallel face to face 2'.2" and
2'.8" apart. In rear of the most North Easterly
is visible another large stone set at rt. [right] angles
and measuring some 3' in breadth. A
slight rise on the surrounding level may
indicate the site of a cairn near the centre
of which these stones are set.

Cairn & Standing Stone Cnoc na Maranaich. (37)
On the summit of Cnoc na Maranaich
the most conspicuous hill in the lower
end of the Dunbeath Strath are the remains
of a large cairn with a standing stone
adjacent. The centre of the cairn
has been broken into and two or three
large slabs lying displaced suggest a
chambered character. The diameter over all
is about 60' and the greatest elevation
about 7'. Some 20' to the E. [East] facing
due N. and S. [North and South] is a standing stone. It
is a slab of whinstone pointed to the
upper end 8'.4" high, 3'.4" wide at base
and 11" thick.
Situated on a rock on the left bank of
the Dunbeath water just opposite the de:
:bouchment of the Allt Bhuailteach and
at the base of a high wooded bank are the

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