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left as much of my "graith" &c. as I could spare at
the farm of Townfoot. Calling for it on my
return I had a "crack" with the farmer who
told me that his predecessor had found a
number of flint arrow heads in the fort. *
[Opposite page - inserted text] - * I have since seen the former occupant of the
farm, Mr. Smith, who tells me that this is not the
case.

Small Cairn. Fellend.
On the upper side of the road from Townhead
to Mitchellslacks about ? 300 yds. [yards] to the E [East] by S. [South] of
Fellend is a small cairn with a diameter of
24' and elevation of 2'. It has not been excavated.
It lies at an altitude of nearly 1000' over sea level.

[Opposite page - inserted text] - Walking down from this cairn I saw quantities
of the dainty purple blossoms of the Cranberry
with their long pistils & reflex petals.


Small Cairns Knockbrack
On the E. [East] side of Knockbrack a green grassy
hillock which rises up from the moorland
about 1/2 m. [mile] to the SE. [South East] of Townfoot Loch is a group
of ten or a dozen small cairns measuring
from 10' to 12' in diameter, overgrown with
grass and low in height. They are situated
at an elevation over sea level of about 900'.

Cairn Capel Glen.
About 3/4 m. [mile] to the NE. [North East] of the farm of Locherben on
a plateau which interposes between the slope of the
high land to the Westward and the precipitous
right bank of the Capel Burn which flows by 100'
below lies a cairn, formed of large stones, con:
:siderably overgrown, measuring some 25' in
diameter and low in elevation. It does not
appear to have been excavated.
A number of large slabs lying flat on the
surface or set upright and just protruding between

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Transcriber's notes

"Graith" is an obsolete Scottish word for equipment, apparatus or belongings.