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or three places I observed the section of a bore
made for blasting.

4th June 1912.
Everthing very wet after the rain of
yesterday and the sky suggesting a continu:
:ance of rainy weather. I took a day over the
hills on foot

Cairn Moniaive.
The cairn (no. 9. of list) about half a mile S. [South]
of Moniaive may be noted as a site for it
has been almost cleared away. It
is said that a cist was found in it and
Mr. Corrie will no doubt give particulars in
his book.

Small Cairns. Red Scar Plantation.
Just to the S. [South] of the extreme SE. [South East] point of the
Red Scar plantation and about 30 yds. [yards] back
from the dyke is a small cairnlike mound
overgrown with turf measuring about 12'
in diameter

Gerharrow Small Cairns
On the N. [North] slope of the Glen of the Gerharrow Burn
and some 250 yds. [yards] S. [South] of the most Southwesterly
point of the Ellrig Plantation is a group of
small cairns. They lie in a slight sheltering
hollow near the source of a stream and
an elevation of about 900' over sea level.
In number they extend to about half a dozen
but formerly there have been a few others
from which the stones have entirely

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