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1/4 m. [mile] W. [West] of the road from Glenluce to Tarf bridge
are the remains of Benlaight Cairn now reduced
almost to the ground level. It measures in diameter
from 61’ to 64’. No cist is visible but it has probably
been exposed & the stones which formed it removed.

Hut ruins. Benlaight (32)
At the SW. [South West] end of Benlaight at an elevation of about 520’ are the remains
of two or three small circular huts measuring 9’ to 10’
over all and beside them two or three low
cairns with diametrical measurement of from
12’ to 16’. A few similar remains are to be
seen on the SE. [South East] side of the summit.

Old Luce Carscreugh Fell. (22)
The summit of Carscreugh Fell consists of
two long parallel grassy ridges running
from NNE [North North East] to SSW. [South South West] with an intervening area
of moorland some 300 yds. [yards] across.

Hut ruins or Cairns.
On the Westmost ridge just to the S. [South] of the highest
point are several small cairn like mounds
the preserved of which measures some 11’ in
diameter and 2’ in height.

Cairn. Carscreugh Fell.
On the W. [West] side of the Eastmost of the two
parallel ridges which form the top of Cars:
:creugh Fell and about 400 yds. [yards] WSW. [West South West] of the
actual summit is a large cairn overgrown
with grass. In diameter it measures 58’
and in elevation from 3’ to 4’. Though the
inequalities on its surface show that it

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