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[Opposite page - sketch and text inserted] Dia. Sec. [Diagram Section]

the summit measuring 64' by 55' & with its longest
axis ENE [East North East] and WSW. [West South West]. The summit is overgrown
with nettles and bracken and consequently details
are difficult to make out but there appears to
be a bank about 5' in thickness around the
edge with a level platform in rear of it some 7' in
width. Separated from this
by a trench some 5' in width and 1 1/2' deep
is an inner bank 7'.6" broad containing an
interior area some 12' in diameter.
A plan will require to be made of this.

[Opposite page - photograph inserted]

Standing Stone S [South] Cairnweil. (Unnoted)
Situated at the edge of a grass field some
300 yds. [yards] E. [East] by S. [South] of the farm house of South Cairn:
:weil is a standing stone of granite measuring
6'.9" in height above ground. In section it is
somewhat triangular measuring 3'.3" by 2'.4"
by 8" at base.

Sculptured Stones Kirkmadrine (The description of these stones to be taken from other sources).
Within a recess at the W. [West] end of the burial
chapel at Kirkmadrine, and exposed to view
are preserved seven sculptured stones now
under the care of H.M. [His Majesty's] Office of Works.
Of these the two most famous are hard
round blocks of whinstone bearing within
a circle the monogram of the name of
Christ "Chi and Rho". On one stone
above the circle are the letters A et Ω [Alpha and Omega]

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