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So narrow is the aperture that a full grown man
can only with difficulty squeeze himself sideways
between the opposing rock faces, and the entrance
is further rendered difficult by the steep talus of
soil and stone filling the lower part of the chasm
and down which an intruder has to "slither"
to reach the floor of the cave some 14' below. The cave
is some 33' in length with a narrow projection
extending some 10' further, and has an average
floor width of from 4' to 5'. diminishing
upwards. Along the left wall from the entrance
are tiers of small rectangular recesses, resembling
pigeon nests in a dovecot but believed to
have been formed for the storage of bottles
of spirits by the smugglers. In rear of this ar:
:rangement of bins or nests there is a small
inner recess. The dimensions of the "nests"
are about 10" x 6". In its present condition
it would have been impossible to convey
any object larger than a very small keg or
a bottle through the entrance.

[Margin] Cup & Ring Marks. Kirkmuir.

Situated some 200 yds. [yards] E [East] of the ruined church
of Kirkdale on the farm of Kirkmuir and
some 30' W. [West] of a dyke which runs up the
hill is an outcropping rock on which are

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