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and 1’.11” in depth. The covering slab, which still
remains in situ is 3’ in length and 7 1/2” in thickness.
The main axis lies E and W. [East and West].
Nothing was found in it when first discovered
and a further examination of the interior only
produced one particle of unburnt bone.

Fell of Loch Ronald.
The cairn marked On the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] at the SSW. [South South West]
extremity of the fell appeared to me to be
formed of stones gathered from cultivated land
and heaped on an outcropping rock.
About 100 yds. [yards] S. [South] of the summit is a
heather covered knoll with a diameter of
16’ and a height of 2 1/2’, which is possibly
a small cairn.
Some 150 yds. [yards] NNE. [North North East] of the summit is a
small ring of “rickled” stones probably the
foundations of a hut. The interior diameter
measures about 5’ and the exposed floor
level is about 1 1/2’ below that of the
ground outside. Some 50’ further N. [North] down
the slope of the hill is a small cairn-like
heap of stones and 20’ or thereby from it a
circular depression 2’ deep in the centre,
with a heap of stones to the E. [East] which appear
to have been thrown out of it. At 30’ to
the N. [North] is another hut foundation - oval in
form measuring interiorly 7’ x 5’ and entered

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