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occasional indications of the inner face of the
wall in the interior. Their average diameter is
about 12’ over all and of the interior where measurable
5’. Occasionally an oval example is met with.

[Opposite page - text inserted] I saw for the first time, a nightjar flitting about
among these ruins.

They are either built in the open or against a
slope. The cairn-like mounds differ little in
extent but do not show the depression
on the centre, being domical with an elevation of
from 1 1/2’ to 2 1/2'. Without excavation it is not
possible to be certain of their sepulchral character.
The huts & heaps are quite irregularly placed
with regard to one another as far as is apparent.

Cairn Culroy. (unnoted)
On the N. [North] side of the road about 1/4 m. [mile] NE. [North East] of
Culroy is a small cairn, formed of large
stones, measuring in diameter about 20’ and
in elevation from 2’ to 3’.

Hut circle (unnoted)
On the tract of moorland which lies to the
SSE [South South East] of the Knock Fell and about 1/2 m. [mile] NNE [North North East] of
Culroy is a small stone built hut circle with
an interior diameter of about 12’ and a wall
about 3’ thick now almost reduced to ground
level. The position of the entrance is indefinite.
Lying a short distance to the W. [West] of it are two
or three small cairn-like heaps of stones.
In this circle I killed a large adder.

Huts. Knock Fell (30)
On the S. [South] face of the Knock Fell just below

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