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stones which have been removed from the setting
are visible. Though the boulders have been
placed in position by man's hand it is doubtful if they
have ever been part of a stone circle and I
am inclined to think from their situation on
a slope below a plateau that they represent the
line of an old dyke.

Torrs Rock Sculptures
Some 18' to 20' N. [North] of the N. [North] gable end of Torrs farm
steading and in the adjoining field is a
group of cup marks some of which are enclosed
and others in contact with with curving channels.
The rock surface is almost flat and measures
over all 30" by 18". The outer channel opens
on the edge of the rock at m. m in the diagram.
(fig. [figure] 8.)
(Take in 4, & 5. of Coles's paper .Antiq. [Antiquaries (of Scotland)] 1895 p [page] 72)
No . 6 . also. This is now covered with soil .
No. 7. (fig [figure] 9) is situated on the same
mass of rock as the last, and 86' to the E. [East] of
the figure first described. It consists of
three encircled and connected cup marks.
From the outer circle of one there runs across
the space that separates the second & third
a straight groove terminating in a small
cup , while the channel connecting the
two latter is bent so as to avoid contact

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