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80' in diameter and at most about 4' in eleva:
:tion.
About 100 yds. [yards] to the Westward there appears to
be a third, also overgrown, measuring about
60' in diameter and 5' to 6' in greatest elevation.
In a field to the S. [South] and about 200 yds. [yards] S. [South] of (No. 2)
there is a stony mound measuring about 27'
in diameter and 3' in height which may
possibly be another cairn but the presence of
outcropping rock in its immediate vicinity sug:
:gests the possibility of its being merely an uncultivable
area covered with gathered stones.
The country around Auchencairn is one of
the most beautiful parts of the Stewartry I have
visited. The shores of the Bay are finely
timbered, much of the land is under crop
with stooks all standing in the fields, for
this is a very early harvest, and at the head
of the Bay the ground rises sharply towards
the Screel Hill and the rugged mountainous
Ben Gairn.

27 Augt. [August] 1911.
Kirkbean Par [Parish]
Preston Cross
E. [East] Preston.
Situated some 30 yds. [yards] to the S. E. [South East] of the
farm steading of E. [East] Preston, enclosed
within a wall and set on a modern stepped
base of granite is a plain latin cross, oblong
in section with its angles chamfered, rising

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