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trench is broken towards the SW. [South West] by what appears
to be an approach over it to the interior about
6’ in width. The diameter of the area contained
within the trench is about 29’. There are
irregularities on the surface in the interior
suggesting that there may have been some
further construction now demolished.
The standing stones marked on the O.S. [Ordnance Survey]
about 2 furlongs WSW. [West South West] seem to be the halves
of a large boulder probably ice borne split in two.
(Lying at the foot of the dyke at the upper
side of a field to the SE. [South East[ of Culquhasen is a
large granite block 1'.3" thick with a roughly circular
depression hollowed out of the top of it, measur:
:ing 1’.4” in diameter and 3” in depth.)
Cairn Culquhasey No. 37.
The O.S. [Ordnance Survey] indicates a cairn about 1/4 m. [mile] SE. [South East] of
Culquhasey. Owing to the cart loads of stones
gathered from the field and deposited on
every rocky eminence or uncultivable spot
it was impossible to recognise it.
Low Gillespie Standing stone. (41)
In a field along the E. [East] side of which the road
runs to Gillespie farm and about 1/4 m. [mile] SSW. [South South West]
of the farm buildings is a large round
boulder standing on end 4’.10” high and
measuring about 12’.6” in circumference
[Margin] Bronze Axes.
Having heard that the shepherd at
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