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Some 400 yds [yards] further up the valley and about
the same distance back from the Deugh is a
larger cairn which has been in part quarried
for stones on the E [East] and a considerable part
of it removed from that direction. It measures
in diameter 55' from N. [North] to S. [South] by 58' from E [East] to W. [West].
and at highest has an elevation of about 5'.
At 9' in from the edge on the S. an upright
pointed slab is exposed for a height of 2'.4"
measuring 2'.6" in breadth where it emerges from
the debris while opposite to it lies another slab
which has fallen towards it. A cap stone
measuring 3'.10" by 3' by 1' lies displaced
near. The pointed character of the upright
stone probably indicates the existence of a
chamber rather than a short cist, of which
the outer end only is exposed.
At Brockloch the O.S. [Ordnance Survey] indicates a
"mote". This a long natural gravel ridge
or moraine on which there are no indications
of defences.
In a clump of trees by the roadside 1/2 m. [mile]
N. [North] of the Holm of Daltallochan is the site
of the cairn of that name. It has been
almost entirely removed only its site is
recognisable.

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