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has been broken off. It is a grey whinstone slab
measuring some 3' in height above ground, 2'.6"
in breadth and varying from 9" to 4" in thickness.
The hole measures 4 1/2" in diameter and for the
greater part of its depth has probably been a natural
cup mark. It is illustrated in the Proceedings
for 1895. The stone circle there described by
Mr. Coles as surrounding it I venture to dis:
:agree about. The stones supposed to form it
are very irregular in size and in character; some
are smallish boulders easily moved with the
foot, others large irregular pieces of detachable rock.
The general appearance to my eye is in no way
suggestive of a stone circle.

Lochrinnie Moat.
Some 40 yds. [yards] distant from the termination of
the ridge which descends to the N.E. [North East] from the hill above
Lochrinnie farm and in the angle formed
by the confluence of the Minnigryle and
Blackmark burns stands an elongated
natural hillock which has been adapted as
a Mote hill with citadel and base court.
The hillock lies with its main axis E.N.E. [East North East] and
W.S.W. [West South West] and is divided into two unequal divisions by
a trench which has been excavated down the
flanks from both sides of a narrow gangway
which connects both divisions. The portion

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