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salmon nets. Leaving my bicycle at Burnfoot
we set out on foot for Cambret Moor.

[Margin] Stone Circle Claughreid (Unnoted.)

About 1/3 m. [mile] NW. [North West] of Claughreid farm house
at an elevation of some 700' above sea level
is a stone circle. It is in the upper half of
the third park from the house and some
forty yds. [yards] distant from the dyke that forms
the boundary 'on the SE [South East]. The monument
consists of 9 stones surrounding a large
central granitic boulder, probably ice borne
to its present position, measuring superficially
5'.5" by 3'.8", & 2'.1" in elevation above ground.
The stones in the circumference are small
granitic boulders, the highest of which does
not extend more than 2' above ground, set
with fair regularity at an average distance
of about 9'.4" apart. The diameter of the
Circle has been about 30' within the stones.
(Plan & photos) There is no trace of any
cairn in the vicinity.

[Margin] Anwoth Par [Parish]
Cairns & Stone Circles Cauldside.

In the flat ground at Cauldside
which intervenes between the base of
Cambret Hill on the W. [West] and the lower NW. [North West]
slopes of Cairnharrow on the E. [East] are the
remains of a remarkable group of monu:
:ments at an elevation of 600' over sea level.

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Some __ yds [yards] to the SE. [South East] of the dyke which marks
the boundary between the parishes of Kirkmabreck
and Anwoth and about 1 1/4 [mile] WSW. [West South West] of the Glen
is a cairn with a diameter of some 63' and
elevation of about 10'. Exposed on the summit
is a short cist, formed of four slabs, measuring
some 3' in length and breadth by 2'.8" in depth
and having its lowest level at 5'.6" from the
present summit level of the cairn thus indicating
its secondary character. It lies with its
main axis E & W [East and West]. (see plan.) Immediately
to the Southward of the Cairn and with
the nearest stone 16'.6" distant from it are
the remains of a large stone circle of
which ten stones now remain in situ. These
stones are thinnish slabs
for the most part pointed to the upper extremity, set with
their broad faces in the line of the circumference,
the highest measuring 4' in height by 3' in
breadth and none of the others extending more
that 2' above the ground level. The area
enclosed by & in the vicinity of the circle has
been much dug for turf or peats and many
of the stones on the E. [East] semicircle have been
removed. The stones nearest to each other
in the circumference are from 4' to 6' apart.

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