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of a like character are visible below the turf.
The interior is under cultivation.

Fort Airyolland
On the lower slope to the W. [West] of Milton Fell and some
3 furlongs NE. [North East] of Airyolland farm house is
a small circular or elliptical fort now
unmeasurable owing to the quantities of
stones gathered from the fields which have
been heaped up over its rampart and within
it.

Cairns Airyolland.
In an arable field a little more that 1/2 m. [mile] NNE [North North East]
of Airyolland farm and close, on the West, to
a road leading from Milton Fell are the
remains of two cairns. That nearest the road
has been almost entirely removed but near
the centre an upright pointed stone stands
for a height of 4’ above debris of the cairn.
The diameter of the cairn has been about 40’.
Some 60’ S.W. [South West] are the considerable remains
of the second cairn which has been much
pulled about and its outline obscured by
stones gathered from the field & deposited on it.
It appears to have had a diameter of
from 50’ to 60’ and it still measures in eleva: [elevation]
from 6’ to 8’.

Cairn Eldrig.
In a grass field some 300 yds. [yards] SW. [South West] of Eldrig
farm house is a circular cairn partially

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