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is a large circular cairn absolutely unspoiled.
It measures in diameter 56' and in elevation
about 9'. It appears to have been erected on a
regularly laid base which is visible all around for a
distance of about 12' out from the cairn
and seems to be about 1 1/2 - 2' in height.

[Opposite page - sketch of cairn with scale inserted]

Cairn &c. O.S. [Ordnance Survey] Graves.
Situated in a cultivated field some 300 yds. [yards] SW. [South West]
of Mid Gleniron farm house are the remains
of a long cairn with a frontal semicircle of
stones. It has been reduced to a low elevation
and three megalithic cists are exposed within it.
The cairn lies with its major axis N. [North] by E. [East] and S [South] by W [West] and
measures in extreme length 108';
in breadth at the S [South] end 27'; and at the N. [North] end 36'.
Of the frontal semicircle four stones remain
exposed representing the W. [West] segment with a radius of about 13'. At
5' in from the stones adjacent to the mesial line of
the cairn is the unenclosed end of a cist lying
in the main direction of the cairn measuring
7' in length by, from 2'.10" to 3' in breadth. It is
formed of two large blocks 1'.6" and 1'.8" in
thickness, and a stone across the S. [South] end which
appears to be one half of a round boulder
having the convex surface towards the outside
of the cist. At 7'.9" in rear of this stone
is situated the second cist placed across
the longest axis of the cairn and lying in

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