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12th May 1911.
Bicycled to visit the cairns etc. towards
High Eldrig.
A short distance to the N. [North] of Ballochadee
the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] marks a Mote. This is a natural
gravel hillock around which there are
no signs of defensive works.
About 1 m. [mile] N. [North] of Dirnow School the track be:
:came so rough that we had to leave our
bicycles behind a dyke & proceed on foot.

Kirkcown. Cairn Airies
On the top of a slight swelling on the
moorland some 200 yds. [yards] W. [West] of the upper end of
the pine wood which lies some 3/4 m [mile] NNE [North North East] of
Airies farm house is a well preserved circular
cairn It measures 58’ in diameter and
7’ in elevation. Its known as the White Cairn
From this spot to Eldrig Fell the moor is
rather marshy & the walking bad.

Eldrig Fell
Eldrig Fell rises to a height of 742’ over
sea level and is a long irregularly shaped
hill the surface of which is diversified with
many rocky prominences and grassy
hollows. From near the centre of the
Eastern slope in a slight hollow some 300
yds. [yards] ESE [East South East] of the summit is a group of
small cairns consisting of 13 or 14, of
low elevation and varying in diameter

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