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due to his having removed some stones from
this monument. (Rev. [Reverend] George Wilson "Register" in Museum)

Wells of the Rees
Situated at the upper end of an enclosed park
whose adjacent surface is thickly strewn
with stones and about 1/4 m [mile] N. [North] of Kilgallioch
are three wells covered over with conical
structures some 3’ in height built of large stones without mortar
access being gained to the interior by a rect:
:angular opening at ground level measuring
about 1’.6” in breadth & height. Above the lintel
of this entrance is a recess about 1’.2” square
and about 1’.3” in depth. The best preserved
of these structures is oblong on the plan measuring
6’ in length x 4’ in breadth and 3’.6” in height
The opening to the interior being correspondingly
larger than in the case of the two others.
There is a site of an old church and grave
yard nearby.
I killed a small adder on the road this
morning: they are said to be very numerous
here.

18th May 1911.
Bicycled to Lochs Heron & Ronald. We
borrowed the boat on the former loch and
visited the two islands said to be artificial.
One is overgrown with vegetation, trees &
bushes, no stakes or timbers are visible. The

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