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foundations of an oval or circular construc:
:tion with a diameter of 40’ or thereby. There
are a number of small circular depressions
of some 5’ or thereby in diameter in the interior
but the whole is overgrown with thick turf
and the plan & character quite obscure.

Hill of Shebster Chambered Cairn
On the summit of the Hill of Shebster some
?400’ above sea level and and occupying a con:
:spicuous position are the remains of a large
chambered cairn. The cairn has been almost
all cleared away except a small portion, some
5’ in height near the centre and evidently containing
the ruins of a part of the chamber. The diameter
of the cairn has been between 80’ & 90’. A
number of thin slabs protrude from the debris
indicating the position and extent of the
chamber. The highest of these slabs is only some
2’.6” above the present level & the others merely pro:
:trude. The passage seems to have entered
from ESE [East South East] and the main axis of the chamber
has been from WNW to ESE. [West North West] to [East South East]. At 30’ in from
the edge of the cairn in the former direction is
the top of a slab set on end 4’ in length which
apparently marks the back of the chamber. Large
slabs set at right angles to the direction evidently
forming portals seem to indicate the existence

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