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good deal of stone lying on the slope. The diameter
of the plateau is about 140'. Some 30 yds. [yards]
to the N. [North] of it is a small oval enclosure with its
longest axis WSW. [West South West] and ENE. [East North East] measuring interiorly
some 39' by 24' and surrounded by a bank of
earth and stone. The ground slopes towards
the WSW. [West South West] and at the higher end the floor
level is sunk about 2'.

King's Cairn Kirriemore (13)
About 1/2 m. [mile] ENE. [East North East] of the shepherd's house at Kirrie:
:more on the slope of the hillside is a large
cairn, much delapidated, known as the "Kings
Cairn". It measures in diameter 73' from E [East] to W. [West]
by 84' from N [North] to S. [South] and in elevation at highest
about 10'. It has been quarried on the top
and somewhat to the E [East] of the centre a large
slab is exposed indicating the position of a
megalithic cist or chamber.

Sheuchan's Cairn. (12)
This cairn is situated at the N. [North] end of a
hill which rises to a height of about 200 ft. [feet]
above the low land which intervenes
between it and the W. [West] end of Loch Moan about
1 m. [mile] distant and at an elevation above sea level
of 900'. It is in a hilly region with
Corrafeckloch rising to an elevation of a thousand
feet over sea level to the S. [South] of it and Garwall Hill 130' higher on
the E [East]. The cairn measures in diameter 51' and

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