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and two circular cairns 16' and 25' in
diameter. Those that are not circular show
no preference for any particular orientation.
none of them are above 2' in elevation
Enclosing the upper end of the hollow
at the base of the rock, in a semicircle
are the ruins of an ancient wall along
the chord of which or within it, most of the
cairns lie. Close to the wall near some
clumps of rushes at the N. [North] end there is
just traceable a foundation, running parallel
for a distance of some 20' at about 20' within it.
About 1/2 m. [mile] due E [East] of the last just above
the 900' elevation and near the source of a
burn is another group of small cairn-like
mounds most of which show that hollow
in the centre which suggests the ruin of
a beehive hut. One to the W. [West] side of the
group is oblong in form measuring inter:
:iorly 14' by 7': & evidently the site of a sheeling bothy. some 40' to the E. [East] of it is a
small circular construction most evidently
a hut ruin with an interior diameter as
far as ascertained of about 5'. There
appears to have been an entrance from
the W. [West] on either side of which the wall
has projected somewhat forming a passage
6' in length - the regular breadth of the wall

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