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down a hollow and ruins of walls crossing its
course may indicate the former existence of a mill
of some sort though the water power is now very slight.
The small cairns in this group number about
a score and are situated at an elevation between
800' and 900' above sea level.
At about the same elevation, from 200 to
300 yds. [yards] to the Eastward of the last group in a slight hollow and
SE [South East] of the E. [East] point of the Ellrig Plantation is a large group
of small cairns some of which are of consider:
:able size. The most prominent towards the E [East]
end of the group and overgrown with heather
measures in diameter some 22' by 18' and in
elevation 3'. Near it a confused mass of
stones showing some structural work is
evidently the ruins of an oblong hut measuring
over all 20' by 15'. Towards the lower end of
the hollow is a cairn measuring some
7' across the centre of which has been par:
:tially excavated to the extent of exposing
a slab at least 10" thick and about 2 1/2' square
which may be the cover of a cist. (We removed
some turf & stones but did not attempt to move
the slab as the recent rain had flooded the
excavation.)
In a sheltering hollow about 1/4 m. [mile] E [East] of

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