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Between the two standing stones the edge of a slab
3'.9" in length lying [--] & [--] . merely protrudes above the
surface. Some 8' in from the point of the
enclosure an oblong depression suggests either that a
prostrate stone has been removed or a cist excavated.
The encircling wall much resembles that within
the stone circle at Torhousekie in Wigtownshire.

Deils Dyke
From the edge of the Cordorcan burn about 1/2 m. [mile]
WNW. [West North West] of Cordorcan the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] marks the Deil's Dyke
passing over the ridge to the Eastward in the
vicinity of the Thieve's Stanes. On the W [West] face of
the ridge for a short distance there is visible a
shallow trench some 8' in width but the object
marked on the map appears to be a stone wall
which has not been of great height or thickness
& does not appear to me to be of great antiquity
At one place where it was cut by a drain I
measured the foundation exposed as 3' wide .
A defensive work this never was! I suspect
the maps are in error over this fosse .

Cairn. Cordorcan Burn. (10)
About 1 m. [mile] to the NE. [North East] of Cordorcan on the ridge
between the Cordorcan burn and the Black
burn and about 1/4 m. [mile] above a sheep fold
is a cairn measuring in diameter about 37'
and in elevation 3'. It does not appear to
have been excavated.