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direction almost E [East] and W. [West], measuring 8'.9" in
extreme length by 2' in breadth. It is formed
of two blocks of stone 4' and 4'.8" in length on the
N. [North] and three lesser stones on the S. [South] with one closing
the E [East] end. As in the first cist the end towards
the side of the cairn is open. In rear of this
cist some 9' lying N [North] and S. [South] and on the E [East] side of the cairn
is a third only partially exposed measuring
2'.10" in breadth. As has been observed in
many of the long cairns in the north there
appears a depression across it as if
a roadway had been opened through it.
The first two cists have probably been cleared
out; the second possibly not, and the
elevation of portions of the remainder render
it probable that there are still others un:
:discovered. (One cist (No. 3) said to
have been opened by the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] about 70 yrs. [years]
ago when they found the thigh bones of a large
man (Rev. [Reverend] G. Wilson's Reg. [Register]) The outline of the
cairn has been demarcated with boulders
irregularly placed.
Some 50 yds. SE. [South East] of the long cairn in
the same field is a low grassy mound with
loose stones on the top of it, evidently the
remains of another cairn with a diameter
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