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impossible. In the interior are the remains
of three megalithic cists placed in form of
a triangle and each apparently separately
entered from the outside. At 25' from the
S. [South] end in the mesial line of the cairn is the
outer stone of the first cist which has apparently
been entered from that end. Of this cist four
stones apparently remain in situ, two on one
side, one on the other, and the back stone.
The total length from the end of the outer stone
to the front of the back stone is 11'.4" and the width is
3' at the inner end and 3'.3" between the
outer ends of the opposite side stones. The
height above present floor level of the interior
of the back slab is 3'.9". The longer stone
on the E. [East] side is a large boulder which
appears to have been split before being
utilised as a side of the cist. Within the
cist there is standing on edge another large
stone 3'.5" above ground, 5'.7" in length and
2'.1" thick, which appears to have formed a
part of the roof. The second cist is
placed some 7' to the E. [East] of the mesial
line and faces the edge of the cairn
from which it is distant some 26'
towards the ENE [East North East]. Similar stones remain
of it as of the first cist viz, two stones on one side,

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