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of a well or water cistern in the rock.
In the thickness of the intermediate wall
on the SW. [South West] front near its inner termination is
a small circular hollow which may
possibly be the site of a chamber and
in the main wall on the left of the
entrance passage there is a similarly sug:
:gestive hollow.
Mr. Wilson has indicated on a plan lying
loose in his register a large number of
hut circles in the walls &c. of this fort but I
saw no justification for these other than noted above.

Larig Fell
The Larig Fell rises to a height of 625'
immediately to the W. [West] of the fort-crowned
Bennan of Garvilland and is separated
by a narrow flow from the N. [North] end of the
Bught Fell. On its S. [South] end towards the E. [East]
at about the 550' elevation over sea level
are situated a large number of cairn-like
mounds and hut ruins similar to those
observed on the Bught Fell.
A short distance up from the level ground
at the base of the Fell on the SE. [South East] in a sheltered hollow trending from
E [East] to W. [West] are the ruins of an old dry-stone
wall about 7' in thickness built
with large stones and extending for a distance of about 120 yds. [yards] with
returns towards the flow at both ends. Near the centre of its

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