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and the principal end shows no sign of excavation.

Chambered Cairn. Loch Calder (10)
About 200 yds [yards] S [South] by E [East] of the horned long cairn
on the W. [West] side of Loch Calder are the remains of a
round chambered cairn. The cairn has had
a diameter of about 53' and has an elevation
of about 7'. The chamber is in a ruined state.
Some 14' in from the E. [East] edge lies a large slab
in situ as a lintel. It measures 6'.4" in length
2'.10" in breadth and 10" in thickness. At 4' in
rear of it a single division stone is standing and
8' to 9' back from it some of the building at the
back of the chamber is exposed. The interior
is overgrown with turf and the width of the
chamber is not apparent.

(Reay) Chambered Cairn, Loch Calder (55)
On the W. [West] side of Loch Calder about 3/4 m. [mile] from
the south end of the Loch and about 1/4 m. [mile] NNW. [North North West]
of Carriside is a chambered cairn. The
diameter over all is 70'. The entrance has
been from the ESE [East South East]. Some 18' from the
outer edge in that direction two thin slabs
protrude their heads from the turf with which
the cairn is overgrown, 2'.9" apart and in
front of them lies a stone which has evid:
:ently formed a lintel In rear of these stones
several other parallel slabs protrude indicating the
divisions of the chamber and the back. The

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