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to the last. The position of the portal shows that it
was entered from the N [North] side of the cairn from
which it is now some 20' distant. Some 6' further
in are the remains of a third cist in direction parallel to the
last but situated on the opposite side of the
cairn and as the portal stones show originally
entered from the SSE. [South South East]. The only other cist
of which any considerable remains exist is
situated like the first, in the mesial line and
some 33' distant from the WSW. [West South West] end from which direction
it has been entered. Except for the absence
of one portal stone and the covers, it is complete.
and measures some 4'.6" in length,
from 2'.7" to 3'.7" in breadth and 3' to 4' in depth.
Between this cist and the end of the cairn
are four stones standing on end protruding above
the debris which may indicate the position
of an entrance passage. There are
no remains of a frontal semicircle.

Cairn (25)
On the moor about 1/4 m. [mile] SW. [South West] of Dranigower
Lodge is a circular cairn reduced to
an elevation of some 3' at the circumference
and less in the centre. It measures in
diameter about 50'. No cist is exposed.

Hut circles (4)
In a hollow below the cultivated land
about 1/4 m. [mile] E. [East] of Hardcroft farm are the

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