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measuring some 50' in diameter and 6' in elevation.
It has been excavated and a megalithic chamber
is exposed in the centre lying ENE [East North East] and WSW. [West South West].
Along the N [North] side two large blocks of stone measuring
4'.4" and 4' respectively are exposed set on edge and
in line while at the WSW [West South West] end of the chamber a
large slab 4'.6" long, 3' broad and 6" deep lies al:
:most horizontally as if forming a lintel. At
8' distant towards the ENE. [East North East] or opposite end lies another slab the
ends of which are not exposed but which appears
to be similarly placed. The S. [South] side of the
chamber is not apparent and the interior
is largely filled with debris.
At the base of the cairn towards the NE. [North East] are
the ruins of a small circular hut measuring
some 10' over all.

Eyes of Craigbirnock (14)
On the moor to the West of the Glasgow and
S.W. [South West] Railway, about 1/2 m. [mile] S. [South] of where it crosses
the Davenholme burn and 1 m. [mile] or thereby S. [South] of
Glenwhilly railway station is a cairn with
a diameter of about 50' A. hollow in the centre
suggests that it has been excavated but no cist
is exposed.

Cairns (15)
To the S. [South] of the road between New Luce and
Glenwhilly and about 1/2 m. [mile] NE. [North East] of Craigbirnock
are the remains of two cairns now almost

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