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of three parallel rows of large stones some 6"
to 8" apart, the largest stones being in the row
to the W. [West] on the lower slope on which side the
dyke appears to have been more particularly
faced than on the upper side. It has had an
elevation of from 5' to 6' gradually diminishing
in thickness as it rose till it finished
with a single row of moderate sized boulders.
but below this the stones for the most part are larger than could be lifted by a single man.
The stones forming the lower part are of great
size many of them measuring from 3' to 4'
in length and 1' to 1 1/2' in depth. The building
is very rude showing
no regular courses above the basal line of
large blocks. Where it crosses the shoulder
of Ardwell Hill, a spur of the mountain there
occurs a regularly built passage through the
wall 3' high and 1'.4" wide covered by a lintel
& evidently an original construction the transverse
slabs on the sides being regularly laid & there being
no foundation in the bottom of the opening.
The dyke appears to run from the glen of the
Craddock Burn on the S. [South] to the vicinity of the
Mill Burn on the N. [North] demarcating along
the hill side the rock strewn area from the
heather & grass clad slopes below. This
dyke is undoubtedly of considerable antiquity &

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