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some 30 yds. [yards] short of it. This may possibly be
the remains of an approach.

Slewcairn Cairns
On the Slewcairn, a gently rounded tract of
rising ground sloping to the
Cuil Burn on the W. [West] and the Boreland Burn
on the E [East] are the remains of several cairns.
No 1 is situated about 1/2 m. [mile] above the junction
of the burns, some 250 yds. [yards] E. [East] of the Cuil burn
and on the 700' contour line It is much
delapidated and at its N. [North] end confusing its
original outline there has been constructed a
small enclosure within which are the ruins of
a small hut. In type the cairn appears to
be a long one though its length is somewhat
short being only 61'. It lies
with its longest axis N. [North] & S [South]: measures 42'
in breadth at the N. [North] end and 26' at the
S. [South] which is rounded. It has been greatly
reduced in elevation & though at several
places excavations have been made
neither chamber nor cist are exposed.

Mounds .
At about the same distance back
from the Cuil burn and about 200 yds [yards]
further up the slope is a group of about
a dozen small round domical mounds
overgrown with turf measuring some

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