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of the hollow is a small cairn built of
larger stones than the other constructions &
measuring some 17' in diameter. Towards
N. [North] by W. [West] is a small round extension formed
of an outer line of boulders with a few in the centre
and measuring some 5' in diameter. This is
possibly secondary. Where the cleugh
opens out on the lower slope of the hill
are many more constructions. For the
most part these are ruins of huts and
small cairns with the remains of old
walls curving out and in among them
and here and there a circular enclosure
with an interior diameter of 20' or thereby.
The huts have frequently been built against
a slope or bank. Towards Clasherne

"O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Rings"
above the steep bank which overlooks the
flow to the Westward is an elliptical en:
"closure formed by a low bank outlined
with boulders about 4' wide, and measuring
interiorly 35' by 16'. Some 50 yds. [yards] N. [North] of it is
another similar enclosure. Where the
ground rises on the opposite side of the
small burn is a smaller construction
of similar form measuring interiorly 12' by 7'
and some 60 yds. [yards] N. [North] of it there is another

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